John Proctor

written by Arthur Miller, a story about The Salem Witch Trials. John Proctor is the most heroic character in this play because even though he made poor choices, he chooses to die for the truth instead of living a lie and is respected for it. John Proctor is highly respected in Salem. He is noticed for standing out from the crowd because every person in the town is the same besides Proctor. Everyone knows to go to church every Sunday. Proctor doesn’t like Paris because he only talks about Hell…

daughter, Ruth, lie motionless on their beds after their outing in the forest the night before. Abigail, Reverend Parris’s niece, is questioned about the possibility of witchcraft in the forest, but she denies the claims made against her. Soon after, John Proctor comes to check on Betty and Abigail tells him that she is still very much in love with him, although he tried to end their affair. Rebecca Nurse then enters, and assures the Reverend that the girls are only playing a game, and they will…

Tragic Hero would be a superior term for John Proctor, the protagonist of the play The Crucible. Arthur Miller states, that a tragic hero is a normal man with blame, one that prompts his own particular sad destruction. In The Crucible, John Proctor is a typical man and his plummet (or destruction) mixes a feeling of pity and distress; it is appalling, which is the reason he fits the parameters of a tragic hero put forward by Arthur Miller. The way that John Proctor was not some high power or…

girls were committing witchcraft. But the girls insisted that they were just simply dancing. John Proctor had an affair in the past with one of the girls, Abigail, and tried to talk to her and get her to tell the truth. Later a trial starts when Abigail accuses John Protor’s wife, Elizabeth of witchcraft. John Proctor is faced with many tough decisions that could determine his life or death. John Proctor is a sacrificial…

their lives. While few refused to confess to keeping their name "respected.” Proctor says "you will not use me! I am no Sarah Good or Tituba, I am John Proctor! Yuu will not use me! It is no part of salvation that you should use me.” He says this as a way to stand up to Danforth who believes anyone's name that is brought has been involved in witchcraft. His words are spoken to respect the ones who did not confess. John goes on to say ¨I have three children- how may I teach them to walk like…

Finally, Judge Danforth is a deputy governor who oversees the trials and fails to adhere to principles of due process for the accused. Abigail Williams incites the witch trials by making accusations in order to manipulate people because she wants John Proctor all to herself. First, she pins the…

play The Crucible written by Arthur Miller he explains what people were feeling and how they reacted including John Proctor. John Proctor was a farmer who everyone respected, he had a wife and three kids. Towards the end of the book he was asked to confess to witchery to stay alive.John proctor did the right thing by denying that he was a witch even tho he died because of it. First, John did write that he was a witch but the court wanted to post it in the middle of the town for everyone could…

The Crucible Essay In The Crucible, Arthur Miller was successful on educating readers about history and encouraging them to not make the same mistakes of the past. The McCarthy era was more of an ideological war, meaning an idea that scared people to death, rather than a real war. The major issue that happened in Salem is that people were falsely accused of being witches when there was no real evidence of witchcraft. I believe that Arthur Miller did a sound job of getting his readers to…

In The Crucible by Arthur Miller, seventeen year old Abigail William’s motivation is to win John Proctor's affection. This motivation remains steadfast throughout the play and is also a key factor into the scheme of eliminating anyone who stands in her way. Pointedly, Elizabeth Proctor, John’s wife is the focus of her ploy. Abigail feels she must find a way to eliminate Elizabeth from John’s life while still looking desirable to him. However, as the play develops, it is easy to see that Abigail…

Elizabeth to jail, she timidly answers “What poppet’s that sir” because she is unsure how answering the question could affect her in the long run. Following this, in the court, once she realizes she 's on the losing side of the battle, she turns on John Proctor and accuses him of being “the devil’s man.” She also promises Abby “I’ll never hurt you more” and runs right to the person that is the cause of this debacle. She does this because that is where, she is going to be the most safe. Mary’s…