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    John Proctor’s Faithful Life John Proctor is known throughout Salem for being one of the most honest people to live in the town. Even when he does something wrong, he always admits to it, even if it puts his life in danger. John is a farmer in Salem, that does not go to church much, but still holds strong to his christian beliefs and his honesty. John also has a wife and three sons within the play The Crucible by Arthur Miller. John Proctor is easily the most honest person within the play, The

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    The characters in the Crucible, written by Arthur Miller, have a lot of pride. They are all known as good people in the town of Salem for one reason or another. And most would do anything to keep a good name in the town. One person in the town of Salem that really would like to keep a good name is John Proctor, John Proctor is always striving to do the right thing. Reverend Parris is known for being very religious likes to live by the Bible and its teachings. Judge Danforth would like to be known

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    McAlister 1 Kyle McAlister Ms. Holder Comp Eng Honors 11 11/1/13 The Tragedy of John Proctor In the play by Arthur Miller The Crucible, the town of Salem is in pandemonium under the non-existent threat of witchcraft. Every character is either lying to save their lives or to end others, or dying for not admitting to a lie. One character who stands out among the chaotic conflagration is the tragic hero John Proctor. In Greek drama, a tragic hero is defined as “a great or virtuous character in a dramatic

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    of the many themes portrayed in The Crucible. In the story The Crucible by Arthur Miller a group of groups in Puritan society are caught dancing in the woods and blame their actions on witchcraft. Soon after the girls bring up witchcraft, a chain reaction starts through the town and people are accused of witchcraft left and right, and so begins the Salem witch trials. Many innocent people are accused punished and occasionally even killed. One man, John Proctor, is accused but becomes somewhat of

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    For John Proctor to ultimately grasp that he has forgiven himself enough to be willing to tell the absolute truth is an immense factor in why he chose to be sentenced to death by telling the truth, rather than save his own life by deceiving the court. The judges decided that John’s word was not acceptable enough to be credible, and chose to believe the very person that is deceiving them, Abigail Williams. In, The Crucible, John Proctor is perceived as a person who is guilty for committing lechery

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    said by John Proctor, a character from The Crucible, while he was in the process of accusing Abagail of being a liar and telling the court about their affair. John Proctor is a character in The Crucible that had an affair with Abigail Williams. He doesn’t go to church and plows his fields on Sunday’s. John Proctor and I have some personality traits in common in the we are stubborn, an outcast and a hardworking person. Both John Proctor and I display our stubbornness in different ways. John proctor

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    John Proctor in the crucible “No amount of guilt can change the the past and no amount of worrying can change the future”- Anonymous. This is saying that no matter how guilty you feel about something you did in the past can you can't go back to fix something you did. Also saying that no matter how much you worry about something whatever is gonna happen will happen either way, and there is nothing you can do about it. This relates to John Proctor because he eventually figured out that no matter

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    growth stops.” In Arthur Miller’s playwright, The Crucible, there was an ended affair between John Proctor and Abigail Williams. This short affair not only affected the relationship between John and his wife, Elizabeth Proctor, but also the connection between John and Abigail. John and Abigail’s love for each other died shortly after the growth of their relationship ended, and it never returned back to normal. In The Crucible, Arthur Miller uses John Proctor to develop the theme that once a romance has

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    In Arthur Miller’s novel, The Crucible, John Proctor experiences a similar struggle and shares many traits with Christ. In the novel, Proctor reveals himself as compassionate, logical, and generally resistant to temptation. He carries out his mission, is misunderstood, and is persecuted, although he ultimately achieves renewal. However, Proctor’s name is disgraced when it becomes known that he has an affair with young Abigail Williams. To do right by his sins, Proctor sets out on a mission to expose

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    This becomes apparent in The Crucible by Arthur Miller, as members of society are quickly singled out and executed. In the strict puritan society in which The Crucible lays its foundation, diversity is feared and seen as a threat. When Abigail begins to make false accusations about witchcraft in the tight knit society, panic runs ramped. In an effort to purge the town of all impurity, those accused are hung unless they confess to the crime. Among the chaos, John Proctor is a strong character, who is

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