“God is dead!” This quote was spoken by John Proctor when he was being accused of witchcraft by Mary Warren before being arrested. John Proctor was a sinful man of Salem who was told the truth of the trials. While trying to save the women accused, with his wife, he simultaneously had to expose the truth of the trials. In the end, he was hung with Martha Corey and Rebecca Nurse.…
John Proctor’s second confession is when he confesses to Danforth in the court about cheating on Elizabeth with Abigail Williams. While in court, Proctor calls Abigail a whore, which leads to Danforth questioning his reasoning to call her a whore, to which he replies “I have known her sir, I have known her” (110). Proctor said this to try to prove that Abigail is not a good person, but it ends up backfiring on him. He is very stressed out about the whole event, and was not thinking clearly when he yelled it out. This is the main confession that ruins Proctor’s life, and eventually leads up to his death.…
If you were given the option to confess, during the late 1600s, would you confess the truth in court? In the play The Crucible by Arthur Miller, two characters stand out, John and Elizabeth Proctor. Both characters are different from the rest of the people during this time period because, everyone is suspicious of witchcraft. Many people falsely accuse others as witches; so that they stay alive, however, they leave the one that's accused dead. John and Elizabeth both tell the truth to the ones they confess to.…
John Proctor’s death is ultimately caused by many things. Many of these things include John Proctor, the Proctor family name, and Abigail. John Proctor at the end of the play ends up dying with a good soul and forgives himself for the sins he has made. Over the course of the play, John Proctor grows and realizes all the mistakes he has mad. The first main contributor to John Proctor’s death is himself.…
A tragic hero is a character who makes a judgment error that inevitably leads to there own destruction. I believe that john proctor is the tragic hero. He made a bad mistake on who talking about people and not helping out to the best of his abilities. Some people got hanged due to him being I do think that he has a lot of inner spirit in him and he is desirable.…
Proctor recovers his sense of goodness by tearing up the confession that would have saved his life. John Proctor has done wrong in the past but he is still a good character. Proctor knows the trials are wrong and the accusations are false. Proctor tells Hale, “...I have no witness and cannot prove it, except my word be take. But I know the children’s sickness had naught to do with witchcraft” (Act II 594-597).…
Some may say John Proctor is a type of tragic hero but to me he is not. John is a stupid man for not taking the chance to save not only himself but his wife and unborn child. But he didn’t he decided he wanted to try and be a hero and end up getting killed with the same people he try to save. I don’t think John Proctor is a tragic hero but a dumb one.…
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.…
John Proctor’s Death There are many characters in “The Crucible” who could be blamed for John Proctor’s death. The majority of the audience and readers could say that almost every character is responsible for John Proctor’s death in some way. However, there are a few characters who really stood out, and one character in particular was Abigail Williams. Most readers believe that she is the one who should be held accountable for his death, but in reality, John Proctor is the one responsible for his own death.…
The Crucible “The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and ability to affect those around him positively”(Bob Marley). John proctor was not a wealthy man, nor was he perfect, but he fought against the corruption within the court system. Proctor achieved moral integrity by admitting to his mistakes, and his refusal to confessing a crime he did not commit, he found self-respect when he did that, he would of rather died than be tortured his whole life based on a lie. Arthur Miller shows us that any man, good or bad can do something good and selfless. John Proctor was a well respected farmer in salem.…
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.…
John Proctor is a noble and well-respected man living in the small town of Salem in Massachusetts with his wife, Elizabeth, and their three children. The citizens of Salem view John Proctor as an honourable man and a voice of reason. The truth, however, is that John Proctor exhibits one fatal…
(Miller 3), making it known that he is guilty of a punishable offense. When he proclaims this he knows that he will be hung, but he put his wife’s life in front of his own in an attempt to clear her name as well as to save the entire town from Abigail’s accusations, because “a hero is someone who does something for other people” (Gaines 191). Another example of Proctor’s heroic character is when he realizes that by signing the confession to witchcraft he would inevitably convict his innocent friends and fellow townspeople of witchcraft, “Beguile me not! I blacken all of them when this is nailed to the church the very day they hang for silence!” (Miller 4).…
My beloved, John Proctor: It’s hard for you to acknowledge our affair and our love for each other when we confront face to face, so I hope this letter can reassure your love and care towards me. When your lips were pressed softly against mine, I felt butterflies tingling in my stomach. Although I know that you swore to love Elizabeth, but you know that your heart race when you see me. To reassure your love towards me, I even practices witchcraft on Elizabeth Proctor to get you attention. Don’t worry about our affair getting revealed, I has concealed my behavior from my uncle and everyone else.…
In seventeenth century Salem, Massachusetts, the concept of a theocracy ran the community. Salem’s interpretation of a theocracy was to Combine [the] state and religious power whose function was to keep the community together, and to prevent any kind of disunity that might open it to destruction by material or ideological enemies (Miller 7). The Puritans goal of the theocracy was to “keep the community together and prevent any kind of disunity”, but on the other hand, the theocracy did the complete opposite.…