John Proctor

other politicians, he continued to make outrageous accusations while distorting or fabricating evidence.” This relates to the main antagonist Abigail Williams from Arthur Miller's play The Crucible because on Abigail’s quest to gain the love of John Proctor, she and her friends started the Salem witch hunt. The girls ran around accusing many people; the people they disliked and those who got in their way. According to the video Hunting the Communists! - Joseph McCarthy l THE COLD WAR: McCarthy…

On the surface, The Crucible by Arthur Miller appears to simply be a play about the Salem Witch Trials, but it is actually a powerful allegory pertaining to the McCarthyism era. The Crucible is a fictionalized version of the Salem Witch Trials which took place in Massachusetts in 1692 when the town of Salem accused and hanged its citizens for witchcraft. Many parallels between witches and communists appear throughout Miller’s play; when linked, they form a political commentary on Joseph McCarthy…

character who makes a judgment error that inevitably leads to there own destruction. I believe that john proctor is the tragic hero. He made a bad mistake on who talking about people and not helping out to the best of his abilities. Some people got hanged due to him being I do think that he has a lot of inner spirit in him and he is desirable. He cares about people, and wants the best of people. Jon proctor is one of the main character in this book that played some big roles in here. When Jon…

the Republican candidate plans to filter all Muslim-Americans and immigrants through a data base. This blatantly xenophobic idea was birthed from the hysteria that thrives in many Western countries. The following quote from The Crucible, said by John Proctor, accurately displays what is occurring in this situation. “…Is the accuser always holy now? …I’ll tell you what’s walking Salem – vengeance is walking Salem. … but now the little crazy children are jangling the keys of the kingdom, and…

Communists were encouraged to confess their crimes and to “name names.”, bringing in evil spirits of others like Abigail who used it to cause harm. Abigail, whose heart was pure evil, was willing to let others die in order for her to get wanted, John Proctor. She even went as far as to stab herself in the stomach to play along (Miller 74).In the beginning, the young girls of Salem used the witches as a way to get out of trouble, but later it evolved into something more. The people of Salem…

in this church. I am not blind; there is a faction and a part.” Though at times he sounded somewhat paranoid he was correct in having a legitimate fear of a faction in his congregation that wanted him to lose his job. This fear was confirmed by John Proctor when he voiced his opinion of Parris and said,“I see no light of God in that man. I’ll not conceal it.” All of this fear concerning the uncertainty of his job definitely provided motivation to support the witch trials. Reverend Parris most…

But one was not so innocent.. The Crucible written in 1692 by Arthur Miller is a play about a group of people that were accused of worshipping the devil and the accusations made by others. The Crucible is also known as the Salem Witch Trials. The Red Scare began in 1945 in which many Americans believed that spies had access to the American government. This lead to the fear of many Americans. A story that can explain the meaning to reveal a hidden meaning is known as an allegory. The Crucible is…

around, John Proctor, a farmer in his middle thirties. As a morally ambiguous character in The Crucible, John Proctor had both honorable and disgraceful actions that contributed to the work as a whole. John Proctor has dealings in the play that could characterize him as an immoral man. In a severe lapse of judgments he commits adultery with his servant Abigail. Proctor squashes Abigail’s hopes, “Abby, you’ll put it out of mind. I’ll not be comin’ for you more.”(21).…

John Proctor, was a farmer from Massachusetts who was well respected in his community. He had all the things a yeoman in the late 17th century could ask for: honor, land and family. Most would assume that someone with his kind of status would be last person to be accused as being a witch. Yet he was later convicted for being a witch. In The Crucible by Arthur Miller, Proctor was convicted and hanged for being a witch. A tragic hero is considered to be one who suffers a downfall due to the…

more people than any other one thing in the world,” meaning that fear is very powerful and makes you make decisions you normally wouldn't make. Two characters that had to respond with fear in their sites are Abigail Williams and John Proctor. Abigail Williams and John Proctor were both set to respond to fear with decisions that they normally wouldn't make leading to the consequences they didn't expect. In The crucible, Abigail Williams was one of the initial accusers in the Salem witch trials…