John Proctor is a Goner Because of Lacking Honor
She finds a wallet on the ground of a store, does she take the twenty dollar bill inside, or return it to the manager? John Proctor knows quite a bit about not being honorable with him only caring about constantly covering up his own lies. The Crucible by Arthur Miller John Proctor is not an honorable man because he holds the truth from people, is of bad faith and is leery.
John is able to hold the truth from people in The Crucible. John admits to adultery after waiting all of court to do so. John voices to the court, ). This shows how John was never going to tell the truth about having relations with Abigail but was forced to at court. If he was an honorable man he would have said he committed adultery at the beginning of court. Tarnishing his name further with the continuous lying. Also lied …show more content…
John was being questioned by Cheever and Danforth about his faith. Cheever tells Danforth, “” (180). Danforth believes that if one does not follow the rules they are a bad Christian and by plowing on the day of rest that therefore makes John a bad Christian. He also makes it evident that he is plowing due to the fact that everyone in town knows he is the only one plowing on Sunday. He wants people to think he does not care about how it is wrong. When Cheever and Danforth came to visit John and Elizabeth to ask about their faith, John could not restate the Ten Commandments. Elizabeth reminds . This shines a particular light on John due to the fact that he not only does not attended church but since he did commit adultery it makes sense he can not remember that one. This makes room for everyone in the church to openly criticize him. Also, John is quite vocal throughout the play of not liking Paris, showing he will not go to church because of Paris’s views on Faith. He lets his personal issues of how Paris perceives God get in the way of his own
She finds a wallet on the ground of a store, does she take the twenty dollar bill inside, or return it to the manager? John Proctor knows quite a bit about not being honorable with him only caring about constantly covering up his own lies. The Crucible by Arthur Miller John Proctor is not an honorable man because he holds the truth from people, is of bad faith and is leery.
John is able to hold the truth from people in The Crucible. John admits to adultery after waiting all of court to do so. John voices to the court, ). This shows how John was never going to tell the truth about having relations with Abigail but was forced to at court. If he was an honorable man he would have said he committed adultery at the beginning of court. Tarnishing his name further with the continuous lying. Also lied …show more content…
John was being questioned by Cheever and Danforth about his faith. Cheever tells Danforth, “” (180). Danforth believes that if one does not follow the rules they are a bad Christian and by plowing on the day of rest that therefore makes John a bad Christian. He also makes it evident that he is plowing due to the fact that everyone in town knows he is the only one plowing on Sunday. He wants people to think he does not care about how it is wrong. When Cheever and Danforth came to visit John and Elizabeth to ask about their faith, John could not restate the Ten Commandments. Elizabeth reminds . This shines a particular light on John due to the fact that he not only does not attended church but since he did commit adultery it makes sense he can not remember that one. This makes room for everyone in the church to openly criticize him. Also, John is quite vocal throughout the play of not liking Paris, showing he will not go to church because of Paris’s views on Faith. He lets his personal issues of how Paris perceives God get in the way of his own