Throughout The Crucible, there were a plethora of rhetorical elements used in order to convey the multiple themes that could be interpreted from the storyline. John Proctor, a character in The Crucible, shows common rhetorical tools through his dialogue in the story. The most notable examples are ethos and pathos. The way he uses both of these tools play on each other in the storyline. While contemplating the storyline, ethos and pathos stood out to me the most compared to other rhetorical tools used in The Crucible. Ethos, the character or credibility of the persuader, was commonly used in The Crucible. It is displayed through Proctor’s situation with Abigail. Despite having a previous affair with Abigail, he still tried to fend off her
