In the end of The Crucible Arthur Miller leaves his character John Proctor with what seems like an impossible decision. He has to choose between saving himself by admitting to witchcraft, or pleading innocent and facing certain death. In the end he chooses the later of the two, a task that was by no means simple. While it would not have been the right decision for every type of person for a man who so highly regards honestly and who is as prideful as Proctor is, the only decision that could have been right for him was to stick to the truth and accept the consequences that follow.…
John Proctor is an unloyal, trustworthy, and stubborn person. John Proctor has been all of those traits in the book and in the movie. John Proctor believe god was dead so they hanged John Proctor up. John Proctor wasn’t an innocent man at all because John Proctor was caught and trapped like in jail. John Proctor is unloyal because he had an affair.…
The only opinion that Proctor values is that of God and strongly wants Judge Danforth to not proceed further with his case. Ultimately, John Proctor realizes that his honor is more important than his life. John Proctor is condemned to be hanged. He has ripped his confession and refused to jeopardize his name, and in return, his punishment was death. Reverend Parris attempts to convince Elizabeth Proctor to stop John before he is hanged.…
The Crucible: Dying For a Principle “Because I am not worth the dust on the feet of them that hang!” (Miller 1164) says John Proctor in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible when asked to sign his name on his confession to witchcraft. Judge Danforth of Salem has condemned hundreds to witchcraft, and hundreds have confessed (Miller 1160), but upstanding citizens in the town refuse to confesses to the lies, and would rather die than live a lie, such as Rebecca Nurse, Giles Corey, and of course, John Proctor. John Proctor is willing to die as opposed to living with his name tarnished, and his life a lie of something he didn’t do and doesn’t believe in.…
John procter makes the decision to admit to his affair with abigail to prove that she is not as innocent as the is acts. John proctor exclaims “I have known her sir. I have known her” (Miller 49). He States this in order to show that he is willing to admit his sin in front of the court just to show that Abigail is a sinner and isn't as holy as she seems. When he admits this he is putting himself on the line to prove she is a liar and is guilty of her sin.…
Confession Throughout the whole play The Crucible there has been a cry of witchcraft in the town. Being that none of the townspeople knew the truth, there were many trials going on for weeks. One of the most affected characters in the play is John Proctor, he knew the truth and thought the whole situation was foolish. Now he has been accused of witchcraft, now he has to make a difficult decision whether to tell the truth and die or live a lie. For a moment he caved in and signed a confession stating that he has been practicing witchcraft.…
If Proctor would have owned up to his actions, then maybe less and less innocent people would not be condemned for being a witch. These accusations in Salem happened around the same time the Red Scare became about, the people worried that communist would over power our government and corrupt the whole system; just like in Salem the court of the high government believed the same concept was happening to them but with a much greater outcome. Because of the events that happened in Salem John is most to…
He followed through with his morals and wanted to die a honest man than live as a liar. As a reader, the play needed a character like John Proctor because it creates a setting where one sane person, must deal with all the injustices of people trying to ruin his life. John Proctor was hung after being convicted guilty of knowledge of witchcraft. In conclusion, The Crucible was more than just a trial.…
What does the word crucible mean to you? Crucible has multiple meanings. A play called The Crucible, tells of the Salem witch trials that took place in 1692. Many innocent people died during the trials or admitted to accusations that they truly never committed in order to save their lives. The witch trials were a devastating time for the people of Salem.…
The quote shows that he denies what he did because it was wrong, and he also doesn’t want anyone to know so he doesn’t get condemned for adultery. But, at the end of the play, John Proctor proves that he is a really sorry man by confessing to Hawthorne that he did have an affair with Abigail: “I have known her, sir. I have known her” (Miller 110). This shows how John Proctor went from putting the affair aside and keeping it secret, to admitting his actions, showing his forgiveness, and becoming a moral and honest person. Secondly, from the beginning to the end of the play, John Proctor goes from not believing witchcraft to rather giving up his life than accusing other people of witchcraft.…
If Proctor had lied, he would have lived, but his children would have grown up thinking their father was a witch. In the lives of ordinary people, their honesty chooses which paths they will take. When people choose…
If Proctor stepped up and told the town of Salem that Abigail and the girls were just “sporting” the whole Witch hunt could have been avoided. Because of Stubbornness and Pride being portrayed he let his reputation get in the way. Guilt played a role by after committing to the sin of adultery he realizes that the only way to come clean is to commit of having an affair with Abigail Williams in order to save everything he lived for, but realizes it is too late. Through Proctor’s flaws he is considered the tragic hero in which died as and honest and heroically…
Proctor attempts to rise up against the mob ideals that have overrun Salem by refusing to confess to witchery, a crime he never committed, saying “You have made your magic now, for now I do think I see some shred of goodness in John Proctor… Give them no tear! Tears pleasure them! Show honor now, show a stony heart and sink them with it!” (Miller 133). In proclaiming this, Proctor gave his life to stop the mob mentality.…
In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible many characters go through obstacles between themselves and others that they have to conquer. John Proctor is one of the characters that dynamically changes throughout the course of the play. John Proctor is a diligent, well respected man throughout Salem who has one weakness: being inundated with guilt. Proctor had a discord with himself to forgive and move past his sin. His name in the town of Salem is good but could be ruined from the juvenile actions of the antagonist of the play; Abigail Williams.…
Sam Wieland English / Pd. 5 TRAGIC HERO PROJECT A Tragic Hero is somebody who everyone loves and grows a connection with, especially the reader and/or viewer. They tend to seem like everyone else so the reader and/or viewer could identify with them easily, and the Tragic Hero tends to be a character who makes an error in judgement or has a flaw that combined with fate and external forces brings on a tragedy or destruction. Because of his character flaw and struggle of what to do right, John Proctor is considered a Tragic Hero.…