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    A character that stood out in the play was John Proctor. John Proctor was a successful and well-respected farmer that chose to have a distance from the church, which made the whole city suspicious when he confessed his affair. John Proctor can be viewed as brave, dignified, and having impulsive actions. Braveness depicts John Proctor’s character very perfectly. For example, Proctor refused to sign the confession that the judges wanted him to sign. Proctor realized that if he falsely confessed to witchcraft

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    Miller, John Proctor was the one most responsible for the witchcraft hysteria in “the crucible” because John Proctor knew beforehand bud didn't spoke out until toward the end where he confessed but chooses the route to be hung. Why did John Proctor toward the end chooses to be hung? Was John Proctor really the witch who started this hysteria? Briefly, John Proctor was the one most responsible for the witchcraft hysteria in “the crucible”. In “The Crucible” John Proctor knew he(John Proctor) and

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    In the play “The Crucible” written by the American playwright, Arthur Miller, John Proctor portrays a hard working man with a wife and no children. John Proctor is stuck between love and lust, he has an affair with young Abagail Williams and cannot seem to accept his sinful fate. As one of the main characters of this play, Proctor must acquire his future as he has gone against one of the important Ten Commandments. Prior to the beginning of act one, the scene has begun with Reverend Samuel Parris

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    In the crucible the characters tested and brought down to their essence They have a main character that are the main key of this story John proctor, Elizabeth and Abigail, etc. and they all have a different disposition and thinking so that they make a story more fun and it Enticing to follow First John Proctor He act that he is a very good person in the Act I He is the one who doesn’t want to participate anything He realize that There is crazy thing all around the Salem. He realized that his affair

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    towards the reader. John Proctor show a different light of Miller’s story. Proctor does not only go through a crucible himself, but also goes through the town’s crucible. A crucible is “a container employed for heating substances to high temperatures; a severe, searching test or trial.” (Dictionary.com). Throughout the story, John Proctor is dealing with his demons and, in a way, the town’s demons. John Proctor eventually becomes the answer to his on crucible and the town’s. John Proctor is introduced

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    John Proctor- Tragic Hero John Proctor: a man of hypocrisy, lechery, and adultery. So how is he considered a tragic hero in The Crucible? The Crucible is a play based off the Salem witch trials in the late 1600’s. John Proctor played a good, highly regarded man, with a fatal flaw which end up dooming himself and several others. Although his affair with his servant, Abigail, set the witch trials in motion, he ended up accepting his death with honor, like a true tragic hero. John Proctor is considered

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    characters, John Proctor, Abigail Williams and Elizabeth change from the beginning of the play to the end. Proctor becomes more honest; Abigail grows to be selfless; and Elizabeth finally acts with peace towards others. Across the course of the play, John Proctor enhances himself as more honest with himself, his wife, and his community. At the beginning of the play John is highly impetuous. He was constantly making fast and quick decisions, not thinking of the results. In the play Proctor states, “Wipe

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    John Proctor as a Tragic Hero In some Novels, there are more than one characters that can be a tragic hero. In the book, Crucible, one of the characters, John Proctor is a representation of a tragic hero set by the author, Arthur Miller. He had defined that the tragic hero is an average man. But, in order an average man can be a tragic hero, this person should have a fault that leads to the tragic downfall. This kind of fault would not be able to accept his fate if it ruins his dignity of his character

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    hysteria of witchcraft, John Proctor, husband to Elizabeth Proctor, is guilty of adultery and compliance to witchcraft. Just a few moments ago, Abigail Williams admitted that John Proctor and she had intercourse behind Elizabeth Proctor’s back. She described that Mr. Proctor “sweated like a stallion whenever [she] comes near” (Miller 21). Mr. Proctor also confessed to his wife of having an affair with the young child of seventeen years old, Ms. Williams. He tells Mrs. Proctor, that “like a Christian

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    fueled Salem Witch Trials. John Proctor, the protagonist, ultimately becomes a victim of the trials which leads him to fit the requirements of a tragic hero. Proctor fits those requirements by showing the qualities of hamartia, peteperia, and anagnorisis. To begin, John Proctor showed Hamartia in which he had a brief affair with Abigail William. John quickly leaves her but Abigail formed an attachment and can’t seem to let John go. For instance, Elizabeth says, “John—grant me this. You have a

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