Of John Proctor As A Tragic Hero In The Crucible By Arthur Miller

A tragic hero is a character in a work of fiction who commits an action or makes a mistake which eventually leads to his or her defeat. A tragic hero characteristics include pity and fear, relatability, goodness, hamartia, and consistency. John Proctor is definitely a tragic hero and he shows this in many ways in The Crucible by Arthur Miller through means of catharsis and a tragic flaw, hamartia. John Proctor is an honest, blunt-spoken, overall good person with one fatal flaw. In the play, he starts off as a respected and successful farmer whose main focus is himself above all and then his flaw is highlighted. According to Aristotle, a tragic hero usually comes from a position of nobility or is a well-respected individual. Although John