accusations throughout the play all lead back to one man, John Proctor. If John Proctor had not performed some shameful acts, then it is in fact debatable whether or not he is to blame for the starting of the witchcraft accusations. One question comes to mind when thinking of this, is John Proctor a good man or a bad man? Well, due to the fact that it is human nature to learn from your mistakes no matter the severity of it, John Proctor
Prynne or John Proctor? In The Crucible, John Proctor had a wife who was extremely ill. He committed adultery with the house servant, Abigail Williams, for that reason. Hester Prynne from The Scarlet Letter, was a beautiful woman living without her husband. The lonesome woman had an affair with Dimmesdale, the town’s reverend. Both John Proctor and Hester Prynne both went against the Puritan beliefs. However, John Proctor is guiltier of committing adultery compared to Hester Prynne and if John Proctor
English11- 7 25 August 2014 3. John proctor is the speaker of the quote. John is referring to Hale as God’s instrument. During this part of the play, Paris and other people of the community are afraid of witchcraft because Betty is sick and the girls were in the forest dancing. Paris sees the girls dancing and a kettle. To make sure this whole conflict does not have to do with witchery, Paris has called in Hale to investigate. Hale is an expert in the field of witchcraft. John is in support of having
One in particular is John Proctor. He is a man that has many problems but in the end transforms to an amazing character. A quality of John Proctor is that he is honest and a rather blunt man. In this essay John Proctor will be my main topic and I will be describing the man he was throughout the play. To begin with, Proctor was an honest man. He shows this by admitting that he had an affair with Abigail Williams the one accusing John of witchcraft. This shows that John Proctor is willing to admit
Arthur Miller characterizes John Proctor as more than an average individual in The Crucible, but as an archetype of a tragic hero who represents reasoning, and indicates integrity in the town of Salem, Massachusetts. Arthur Miller created this play as an allegory to the anti-communist hysteria, Red Scare, because of allegations made by John McCarthy in the 1950ś. Miller used Proctor as a protagonist with an alternate outcome to a vengeance filled motive of an immature child, Abigail Williams, due
Arthur Miller, John Proctor is a local farmer in the town of Salem, he is quite known due to his high reputation of being well respected and even slightly feared. John is a man of his integrity, he is considered to have an honorable name in his community, but John also has a great disdain for hypocrisy, yet has a secret of his own. In Act 1, John is described to be in his mid-30’s and as well as “a kind man, powerful of body, even tempered, and not easily led” (Miller 19). John Proctor is an independent
and sympathy-inducing heroes in the world, such as Odysseus, the brave warrior king from “The Odyssey,” and John Proctor, the Puritan farmer from “The Crucible.” John Proctor is a true, classic hero from a historical fiction novel based on the Salem Witch Trials in Salem, Massachusetts. While the Salem Witch Trials were a terrible and harsh time for nearly all of the population, John Proctor can be seen as the pinnacle of hope for all of the townspeople present in the book. He trudged through the
witchcraft. A girl named Abigail who is supposedly the main character in the story and she is in love with with a man named John Proctor. John proctor has a serious outlook on anything that involves him, his wife Elizabeth thinks that he is cheating when he really is but he never will admit to it. Abigail tries her best to separate him and Elizabeth so she can have John all to herself. John has strong feelings for Abigail but does not want to express it to her or anyone else. The city itself is accused of
protagonist of the Crucible, John Proctor, is to blame for the Salem Witch Trials that occurred in 1692 because he took advantage of Abigail Williams, was a failure as a leader, and gave a delayed confession to lechery. The origins of the Salem Witch trials arises from Abigail’s desire for John Proctor. Prior to the trials, it is revealed that Proctor and Abigail had an affair that had caused Abigail to fall in love with him, leading to her insane actions later on. Proctor, who should have known what
In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible it is clear that the development of the play is about John Proctor’s tragic condition. Miller uses this aspect to compel the audience to see why Proctor did what he did and to develop a sense of empathy for him. John Proctor overall is both flawed and honorable. He has a complete reversal of fate brought upon by his own flaw. John Proctor is a tragic hero because he contains all of the characteristics of a tragic hero, such as catharsis and hamartia, despite not being