“Show me a hero and I will write you a tragedy”(F. Scott Fitzgerald).“The Crucible”, by Arthur Miller, is a play that was written to depict the events that occurred during the Salem witch-hunts in the 1600’s. In the play, the two main characters, John Proctor and Abigail Williams, had an affair, but John reconciled with his sins and went back to living with his wife. The only problem is that Abigail still wants to be with John. So she believes in order to do this she must first kill Elizabeth proctor, John’s wife. Abigail decides to go by the route of witchcraft in order to commit this heinous deed. When she is discovered this throws the town into panic mode and immediately witchcraft is to blame. John disregards the idea of witchcraft and
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Elizabeth is still not contempt with the thought of him roaming freely; furthermore she wants to know his every move to ensure that he is not cheating on her again. Even though, John still tries to tell the truth and remain loyal to Elizabeth. After his outburst Elizabeth says, “John you are not open with me you saw [Abigail] in the crowd, you said. Now you-“ then John says, “ I’ll plead my honesty no more, Elizabeth”(Miller 1270). The reason this argument starts is because John tells Elizabeth a story about him meeting Abigail then later tells her another story. The importance of John’s reply is that he is clearly stating that he does not want to have to argue about weather or not he is telling the truth every time he tells Elizabeth about an event that has occurred. Although John has his flaws he is still a hero in trying to fix his mistakes. Even though they have these arguments inspired by past disputes, John still loves her and will sacrifice anything in order to keep her alive and …show more content…
In order for him to drive the point home, he must tell the court how he has committed lechery. After Elizabeth is taken away John becomes angered with Mary, the girl who put the pin in the doll that was used as evidence against Elizabeth, and John shouts at Mary, “My wife will never die for me! I will bring your guts into your mouth, but that goodness will not die for me!”(Miller 1286). John is threating Mary that, if she does not go to court and confess that this entire movement is false, he will kill her. The importance of this is that even though John has proven himself unworthy of Elizabeth, he is still willing to do whatever it takes to keep her safe. From the tragic hero stand point, he has grown stronger in his attempts to right his wrongs and bring back the life he once had. Earlier on, John was telling Mary that she must confess, and she said, “She’ll kill me for sayin’ that! Abby’ll charge lechery on you, Mr. Proctor. To this he replies, then her saintliness is done with. We will slide together into our pit; you will tell the court what you know”(Miller 1286). John does not care what happens to himself, all he wants to do is save the others that have had their lives destroyed by this heinous movement. Furthermore, John feels that he can use this crime that he has committed, against Abigail, and drag her down with him once he
Elizabeth is still not contempt with the thought of him roaming freely; furthermore she wants to know his every move to ensure that he is not cheating on her again. Even though, John still tries to tell the truth and remain loyal to Elizabeth. After his outburst Elizabeth says, “John you are not open with me you saw [Abigail] in the crowd, you said. Now you-“ then John says, “ I’ll plead my honesty no more, Elizabeth”(Miller 1270). The reason this argument starts is because John tells Elizabeth a story about him meeting Abigail then later tells her another story. The importance of John’s reply is that he is clearly stating that he does not want to have to argue about weather or not he is telling the truth every time he tells Elizabeth about an event that has occurred. Although John has his flaws he is still a hero in trying to fix his mistakes. Even though they have these arguments inspired by past disputes, John still loves her and will sacrifice anything in order to keep her alive and …show more content…
In order for him to drive the point home, he must tell the court how he has committed lechery. After Elizabeth is taken away John becomes angered with Mary, the girl who put the pin in the doll that was used as evidence against Elizabeth, and John shouts at Mary, “My wife will never die for me! I will bring your guts into your mouth, but that goodness will not die for me!”(Miller 1286). John is threating Mary that, if she does not go to court and confess that this entire movement is false, he will kill her. The importance of this is that even though John has proven himself unworthy of Elizabeth, he is still willing to do whatever it takes to keep her safe. From the tragic hero stand point, he has grown stronger in his attempts to right his wrongs and bring back the life he once had. Earlier on, John was telling Mary that she must confess, and she said, “She’ll kill me for sayin’ that! Abby’ll charge lechery on you, Mr. Proctor. To this he replies, then her saintliness is done with. We will slide together into our pit; you will tell the court what you know”(Miller 1286). John does not care what happens to himself, all he wants to do is save the others that have had their lives destroyed by this heinous movement. Furthermore, John feels that he can use this crime that he has committed, against Abigail, and drag her down with him once he