John Proctor

an individual from acting outside the rules of society. This is shown in Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible” where reputation influenced individuals to commit certain actions that lead to multiple accusations of witchcraft and a remorseful outcome. John Proctor is known in town as a great honest man, but because of his former mistake of having an affair with Abigail…

respect. " this quote by George Sand relates closely to John Proctor and his decision to stay an honest man or end his life. Unfortunately for John Proctor selfishness was partly disguise as self respect because He died for his good name without thinking of the consequences of his actions. During the Puritan era John's name was his life credibility and if your name is black and you'd be the outcast of the town and frowned upon. John Proctor made the wrong choice because not only did it end his…

He Died with Dignity John Proctor did not die in vain when he was hanged in the Salem Witch Trials of Arthur Miller’s The Crucible. John Proctor is a great tragic hero who always tried to make things right, even when he made poor decisions, and his death was ultimately caused by his will to make peace and to come out of every situation as the hero. Internally conflicted, Proctor’s affair with Abigail damages his reputation and causes great fractures in his life. Even so, throughout the play…

In the play The Crucible, John Proctor is the unfortunate saint in light of the fact that despite the fact that he has numerous respectable and outstanding qualities,he is bound to disaster as a result of his own imperfections. His respectable qualities are his will to demonstrate reality, his need of justice,his craving to right his past slip-ups, and the way that John dependably puts his family and companions above everything else. John 's imperfections are him once in a while going to chapel…

to his demise. For these reasons, the character John Proctor in the play The Crucible by Arthur Miller is a tragic hero. Due to how John Proctor can be characterized as having goodness and a superior reputation, a tragic flaw, and an epiphany moment, he is the embodiment of a tragic hero. John Proctor is shown as having goodness and being superior through how he is a moral and ethical person who is respected and influential in the community. John is shown as being a moral person through how he…

John Proctor is a type of character that everyone can relate to. He has a dangerous background that haunts his life and he can’t share it because he will condemn himself to pretty much death. He committed one of the Ten Commandment with a woman who was of an age that now would be considered a federal offense. Her name Abigail and in the story she was seventeen. In the Puritan community the first person you have sex with is supposed to be the person you marry. Abigail was a woman with a shady…

Crucible, he discusses the Salem Witch Trials, and how even a hero can emerge from those horrific times. John Proctor, a man caught in his sins and wrongdoings, is accused of witchcraft and has to go through the consequences of his actions, but his love for others and his tragic flaws accompany his downfall, making him more of a hero than those without imperfections.…

In the text the crucible written by Arthur Miller in the 1950’s, the characters are usually motivated by the same themes. Three characters in the text that demonstrate this well are: John Proctor, a very honest upright man who had an affair with Abigail Williams. John also is the tragic protagonist of the play due to this flaw. Reverend Hale, a witch-craft identifier expert who spent almost the entirety of his life knowledging himself about evil spirts, and finally Reverend Parris, a church…

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. John had one down fall but i don’t make anyone a tragio. A hero is someone who puts other people life before his own. I don’t feel john did that,…

When I was working in the Salem court with Judge Hawthorne it amazed me how the townspeople acted. It still troubles me to this day and one name stays with me: John Proctor. It was a peculiar situation and it seemed that I was the only one who had their head on straight. Back when it all began, I was working right outside of Salem in Massachusetts. Since I was the Deputy Governor of the Province, I remember hearing much gossip trickle from the town next door. Strange sightings of girls…