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.…
John Ross Over history there was a lot of native Americans chefs. The chefs are getting into wars like the creek war. Where the chef was born and when he died. If they had parents,siblings and children.…
Most will start to consider however why they thought everyone was a witch. Some will be happy that the devil is out of Salem. Proctor’s tragic hero characteristic shows how he died to prove a point that their theories of witchcraft were…
These characters deaths are necessary because they played a big role in the society of Salem and used it to get a point across to the audience. John Proctor’s death symbolize that he died taking a stand for doing something that stole his fate. He refuses to stand for something that he know isn't true. He didn't want his name to be tumbledown.…
As the play continues you find out who confesses to witchcraft and who claim to be innocent. There are numerous reasons why this play is a tragedy. The main reason is it has a tragic hero who experiences a tragic flaw. That hero would be John Proctor. This is a character we can easily relate to and can understand his Hamartia.…
Imagine being killed for a crime you did not commit. Unjust people out of fear, shame, or pride will perpetuate and defend their mistakes. The Crucible written by Arthur Miller takes place during the Salem Witch Trials. Abigail Williams, a very naughty teen, is caught with her friends dancing naked in the woods during the nighttime. These acts are considered signs of witchcraft.…
In the play The Crucible by Arthur Miller, the author uses the main character John Proctor to portray courage in times of adversity while others cower. Miller uses Proctor's character shows that standing for what you believe in is the right thing to do, even if personal sacrifices have to be made. With all the different trials that the characters have to overcome with many of the towns people in jail and the trial of Salem, Miller shows how to be courageous during hard times and how there will always be people that will cower. John proctor shows great courage in the play when he sacrifices his life and reputation for the one he loves. In Act 3, Scene 3 the townspeople are in the courtroom to determine what will happen to the ones accused, While Proctors trying to convince the people that his wife is a good woman and she does not lie, he has Mary Warren to back him, but that backfires when all the girls turn against Mary, saying she was the cause of the witchcraft in the court, Proctor being…
Shakespeare introduces Macbeth to us before he physically enters the play through descriptions of his valour by others *****quotes about his bravery*****. All this greatness of character however is quickly shadowed when we are presented with a fatal flaw in Macbeth when he receives the prophecies from the witches. Here is when Macbeth’s longing ambition and power hunger seem to conquer his thoughts. These thoughts eventually bring about his tragic downfall. Shakespeare depicts this flaw greatly overpowering his good qualities leading to a tremendous waste through circumstance.…
“He have his goodness now. God forbid I take it from him!” (Miller 145). The play The Crucible, written by Author Miller, is based on the historical events that took place during the Salem Witch Trials. Many of the characters in this play are empowered by the events that take place.…
He was the only major character in the play that fully committed to making his decisions through a moral and ethical code. Even though he committed himself to principle, this repeatedly causes him to make miscalculations. He makes decisions that unconsciously hypocritical. He naively believed that everything that people told him was true. When the conspirators wrote fake letters to him, became conflicted with himself.…
Lie to Live, Confess to Die Readers of The Crucible recently discovered a serious phenomenon: cowards are the most sought after and well-admired individuals in all social situations, while brave individuals are abased to that of useless liars. It absolutely seems paradoxical and unrealistic, but this premise exists in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible. In his play, the antagonist Abigail, who operates in cowardice, manipulates others for her personal benefit, and to induce hatred towards the protagonist, John Proctor. The affinity between cowards and the brave is clearest and well-defined through the relationship of Abigail and Proctor. Accordingly, Miller attempts to demonstrate the clash between the two worlds of cowardice and bravery because…
The Crucible Differences make life interesting. In The Crucible by Arthur Miller, he points out how enjoyable different qualities can be in a story. Foil characters give a story an entertaining dynamic. There are bounteous foil characters in The Crucible, but the two that contrast the most just so happen to also have something in common. Elizabeth Proctor is honest, kind, and soft-spoken while Abigail Williams is a manipulative liar, ruthless, and emotionally unstable, making them completely different except for when it comes to their love for John Proctor.…
Crucible Essay Submissive. Inferior. Disregarded. 1692 Salem women suffered under such fates, along with the mass hysteria of the notorious Salem witch trials.…
The following statement, “The crucible is essentially about courage, weakness, and truth,” is correct. In the crucible the attributes that the characters show/have aren't necessarily the best, yet some show the attribute of courage, Mary Warren and John Proctor show this attribute. Other times some characters show the trait of weakness, those characters are John Proctor, Mary Warren, and Ann Putnam. There is a lot of both those characteristics, but what mostly lacks in this play is one simple thing, the truth. Abigail Williams is a perfect example of this.…
He quickly learns the fault in his thinking that he has the right to toy with life when the most prominent people in his life are being killed off one by one. After the death of Henry he exclaims “Have my murderous machinations deprived you also, my dearest Henry, of life? Two I have already destroyed; other victims await their destiny,” thus realizing he is the true reason his friends are dead. (Shelley 135). He furthermore changes, or more specifically matures, by the fact that he has gained a sense of responsibility.…