John Proctor

innocent people being accused doing the art of witchcraft. The one man that stood out in this trial was John Proctor, the man of pride. After all, John Proctor’s last act of refusing to sign was an act of excessive pride and foolishness. Proctor’s act of refusal was solemnly based on Proctor’s conscience battle. Proctor has a hard time dealing with his conscience. The trial only favors honesty, but John is a man of pride. John’s conscience believes that he should be honest and tell the court his righteous

The Prosecution of John Proctor         Men Of Salem, we have gathered here today in the case of John Proctor, a man who's walked away from the word of god plenty of times. He’s committed the crime of adultery with Abigail Williams niece of Reverend Parris in spite of being married to one Elizabeth Proctor. There have been also many claims with hardcore evidence that he works on the sabbath day. He also has attempted to undermine this very own court a crime which cannot be forgotten. With these allegations

Act II, John Proctor is furious from being told by Reverend Hale that his wife, Elizabeth, was accused of witchcraft and he would like to ask them some questions. Then, later in the Act others add on to his growing anger by informing him that his wife is to be arrested for witchcraft. To quote him, John Proctor states, “We are what we always were in Salem, but now the little crazy children are jangling the keys of the kingdom, and common vengeance writes the law!”. Through this quote, Proctor is responding

a fellow Christian, John Proctor, who was falsely accused of witchcraft in “The Crucible,” by Arthur Miller. In the year 1692, Proctor, along with his wife and countless others, were accused of worshipping the devil by frivolous young girls, provoking hysteria in the village. A prominent reverend, John Hale, pleaded for the accused guilty to confess, saying, “life is God’s most precious gift; no principle, however glorious, may justify the taking of it” (133). However, Proctor contradicted

In the play, The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, John Proctor fits the classic Greek definition of a tragic hero. Aristotle, one of the great Greek philosophers, teachers and writers, stated that one of the most important aspects of a tragedy was the tragic hero. He defined a tragic hero as a noble person that goes from a state of fortune and happiness to a state of utter misery. The character’s tragic flaw causes this change. Aristotle stated that witnessing the downfall of the character triggered

Introduced in the first act, Abigail, in tears, is begging John Proctor to accept her as his lover once more. They are watching over Betty Parris, the Salem minister’s daughter and Abigail's cousin, as she is locked in a state of unknown hysteria. The pair have confirmed Parris’ suspicions and are arguing about their affair. Abigail begins with separating the John Proctor of the past to the present one. She is hysterical, as if this “past” Proctor has died or disappeared. It is unreasonably dramatic and

What kind of man is John Proctor? John Proctor is a very tormented man, he believes that his affair with Abigail has shunned him in the eyes of God, his wife, and himself. Proctor did sin and commit adultery; however, he lacks a sense of forgiveness to forgive himself. Throughout the entire play his relationship with his wife, Elizabeth, is very strained, Proctor becomes frustrated with her because she will not forgive him or trust him anymore. With good reason, she should have no need to forgive

John Proctor was mildly persuasive in The Crucible by Arthur Miller. He used great examples of rhetorical devices in an attempt to save his name and his reputation. This was helpful for the situation we was in, but rhetorical devices can only do so much in the court of law. John decides to come out to save his wife using logico to persuade the court that the reason that Abigail was framing his wife as a witch was because she had became jealous. She wanted them to be together, but for that to happen

John Proctor was a man who rather die than be alive with no identity. He was a married man who didn't have a very good reputation since he didn't attend church. But his reasons are just as he quoted “I have trouble enough without I come five mile to hear him preach only hellfire and bloody damnation. Take it to heart, Mr. Parris. There are many others who stay away from church these days because you hardly ever mention God anymore.” (page 138) Many people did not know him since he lived far away

innocent people die in Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible. In this play, a man named John Proctor tries to help his friends after he has an affair with Abigail, who is now trying to kill everyone by hanging them to be with John. After being with Abigail, John then is motivated to try to support not just his wife but his friends this motive is what prompts John to hang and this creates a deeper play and makes John the most important character in the play. But at the end, his pride destroys him because