John Proctor

John Proctor is continuously changing throughout the book. In the beginning of the Crucible, John Proctor is very caring and helpful toward Abigail Williams. He does not want to get her in trouble for the affair that they had anymore then he wants to. In Act one John said to Elizabeth Proctor his wife, “I am only wondering how i may prove what she told me Elizabeth…”(Miller 53), this is John standing up for her in a way that won't get Elizabeth hurt by saying that he cannot tell what actually happened

dead” this is a quote that was said by John Proctor, a character in “The Crucible” when he was in court testifying that he was not the devil. John Proctor is a middle aged man who is an outcast and doesn't go to church. He had an affair with his wife Elizabeth and Abigail wants him all to herself and she'll do anything to get rid of Elizabeth. John has a bad reputation for not going to church, plowing on Sundays, and not having all of his kids baptised. John and I have a few character traits in common

John Proctor is one of the main characters in the Crucible. He was indicted of witchcraft because of he violated the law several times. Examples that helped the church assume he was a witch was him stating that the girls who were “possessed” were liars & frauds, setting everything up to accuse other villagers of witchcraft. He also couldn’t remember the 10 commandments, didn’t attend church regularly, & apparently plowed on Sundays which was considered a high offense back then. John’s trial was extremely

In these turbulent times, trust is forgone, temptations are overpowering, and sacrifice is needed. John Proctor’s death was a necessary evil needed to sway the people and forgo the court's power over life and death. Without Proctor’s death the insanity of the governing body and the hysteria of witchcraft would still be apparent in Salem. The people of Salem have cast out their common sense, christian charity, values, and the social virtues of common people. Without such simple principles as values

The Puritan context in which John Proctor’s sin as well the wider sin of the Salem Witch Trials transpire, should be considered in order to understand the role of the figure of God and that of a putatively saintly, elect community in the formulation of his nihilism. Miller posits in the introduction of the first act of the play that the Puritan settlers of Massachusetts Bay Colony, convinced that they were the chosen ones by God, had established a stringently theocratic community which literally

change occurs in the protagonist, John Proctor’s, character. Proctor, as he enters the story, gives the audience a first impression of one who isn’t easily fooled and holds secret meetings behind his wife’s back. As the story progresses, though, the audience as shown a deeper side of Proctor, one that reveals his not so even temper, his willingness to set things right, and his re-discovered love for his wife. At the start of the town’s cry of witchcraft, Proctor displays an even temper and an overall

opinion, would have to be John Proctor. John went from being very secretive about his lechery, and inevitably hurting Elizabeth in the process, to eventually telling the whole court, and basically the whole town, about his affair with Abigail. So, John basically decided to do the right thing instead of trying to salvage his dying reputation. At the beginning of the play, John was still sneaking around with Abigail, even though they had supposedly ended things completely. As John states in the play after

As John Proctor and I enter the court, I feel beads of sweat dripping down my face. I, Mary Warren, an innocent an weak girl, will testify against Abigail Williams, my closest companion of countless years. Although this appears confusing, and rather unjust for me to do so, I deem it deserved. Abigail has altered me into a horrible person, along with forcing me to do what I despise: hurt others. I wish to release myself from her grasp and finally be right with God, which includes ending the Witch

Look closely at the meeting between john proctor and Elizabeth proctor in the prison in act 4. In what ways does it show their relationship to have changed from earlier in the play? How does Miller make this episode both moving and tragic? Miller saw a connection between the Salem witch trials in the 17th century, and the McCarthy trials of the 1950’s. What he wrote about was based on theory, which is linked to the 1950’s trials. Miller is using the Salem witch trials to criticise the American

John Proctor: The Respectable Sinner John Proctor was an honored Puritan settler in the town of Salem. Abigail, whom is the antagonist of the story, pleads witchcraft against John Proctor’s wife as well as states her love for John Proctor. Throughout the story, the Proctor has major conflicts inflicted upon him, yet he still retreats back to his values. Arthur Miller demonstrates his self-respect, honesty, lack of forgiveness, and integrity in The Crucible to portray the corruptness of the Salem