When it comes to drama of any sort, what makes the more sympathetic, identifiable role? Is it the hero or the character that imitates a real, thinking and feeling person? In the play The Crucible by Arthur Miller, Mary Warren demonstrates some of the characteristics of a tragic hero, but ultimately she is not a tragic heroine. Mary displays the traits of a tragic hero of having a tragic flaw, not being predisposed to being either all good or evil, and provokes profound pity from the reading audience. Howbeit, she lacks the qualities of being of the elite class or well-respected and while she does recognize her transgression Mary is unable to accept all of the consequences of her action.
While Mary Warren isn’t a morally perfect persona, she …show more content…
One in particular is that, Mary is not of the noble class, neither is she well respected by no stretch of the imagination. Marry is a 18-year-old, unmarried girl who lives in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692: America was nothing more than a collection of colonies and this drama grossly predates any sort of movement for civil rights for women. She carries no authority and is seen, regardless of her age, as property of her father. she is even ordered to bed on occasion (60). In the Proctor household, Mary is but a servant: She keeps the house and that is all (54). From examining her lowly position in life, it is of little wonder as to why Mary would revel in what small power the courts give her through the …show more content…
Mary is a well rounded character and for many comes across as a good person who just makes a few idiotic decisions. She is weak and indecisive, but Mary still manages to be a sympathetic and identifiable person to the reading audience. She has no sway over people and strives to obtain some power over her own life as many real people do. Placed in that courtroom with their life on the line one would be hard pressed to act any differently than Mary. Within each individual there resides, in some part, a Mary
While Mary Warren isn’t a morally perfect persona, she …show more content…
One in particular is that, Mary is not of the noble class, neither is she well respected by no stretch of the imagination. Marry is a 18-year-old, unmarried girl who lives in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692: America was nothing more than a collection of colonies and this drama grossly predates any sort of movement for civil rights for women. She carries no authority and is seen, regardless of her age, as property of her father. she is even ordered to bed on occasion (60). In the Proctor household, Mary is but a servant: She keeps the house and that is all (54). From examining her lowly position in life, it is of little wonder as to why Mary would revel in what small power the courts give her through the …show more content…
Mary is a well rounded character and for many comes across as a good person who just makes a few idiotic decisions. She is weak and indecisive, but Mary still manages to be a sympathetic and identifiable person to the reading audience. She has no sway over people and strives to obtain some power over her own life as many real people do. Placed in that courtroom with their life on the line one would be hard pressed to act any differently than Mary. Within each individual there resides, in some part, a Mary