Dear Diary:Today I am very upset with myself because my wife Elizabeth has found out about my affair with Abigail. She was so mad, that she promptly dismissed Abigail from working at our home. Now Mary Warren works for us, but I have to constantly remind her that she cannot leave our house. I told her that I would whip her if she does not obey my rules.…
First, John Proctor was well-respected in many ways. One reason is how he was well-respected by the people in the community and how he respects them because he doesn’t speak upon anyone else’s sins nor their name. An example from the book is when John Proctor said “I speak my own sins, I cannot judge another. I have no tongue for it.” (131.) He feels that he doesn’t need to speak upon anyone else’s mistakes or accuse them of doing witchcraft. John Proctor is also well-respected because he is a hard-working man who is very independent and values honesty.…
In court, Proctor attempts to prove Abigail and the girls are lying because he desires justice for all. When Danforth told Proctor his wife said she was pregnant, he said she would be freed until she gave birth, “‘Good, then, she is saved at least this year, and a year is long … will you drop this charge?” (92). Proctor still doesn’t drop the charge, and this tells Danforth his purpose is greater than simply freeing his wife. He wants his friends’ wives and everyone else to be saved, because he believes they are innocent. This tells Danforth that he is a man of honor because if he abandoned his testimony his friends’ wives would be killed, but if he pursued it he might not get Elizabeth back if Danforth ruled otherwise. As Abigail is called…
Forgiving yourself and not just others, can bring you peace. I believe john proctor could not forgive himself, which caused him to be prideful. Though Proctor had many flaws, I still consider he is the tragic hero of the play.…
The Crucible was a play written in 1952, by Arthur Miller. Though out the book Miller makes John Proctor the main character and also a tragic hero. Proctor was an upper class man, he had owned at least 300 acres of land, was also known as an honest, blunt, well respected and loved man, but like most people he had flaws. His major flaw was his lust for Abigail Williams. Their affair had happened when Abigail had worked for Elizabeth and John Proctor, Elizabeth had said to the court “ I came to think he fancied her.…
In Arthur Miller’s play, The Crucible, several characters are tested with their own crucible, one such example being John Proctor. His specific trial is a fairly common test: the burden of ethical decision-making, referring to the process of evaluating and choosing amongst alternatives in a manner consistent with ethical principles. Being most closely tied to an utilitarian viewpoint, John Proctor exercises his right to self-determination and makes the right choice in allowing himself to die as it is the best action for being the one that brings the most good to the most people.…
Arthur Miller is an American playwright who started writing “the hook” which is about union corruptions on the Brooklyn waterfront. Then he started writing The Crucible which is about a troubled young girl named Abigail Williams, who had an affair with John Proctor in his 30s, and the witch trials. He also wrote The Crucible during the communism time and during the “Hitler speech, hoping to give them a sense of the Nazi which my play took place.” The article allegory was about how Arthur Miller against McCarthyism, and how John Proctor and Arthur Miller are alike.…
There comes a time in life when your reputation is on the line. In The Crucible by Arthur Miller, there are a lot of reputations that become tarnished such as John Proctor. Proctor had a moment where his reputation would be ruined, he was accused of witchcraft and sentenced to be hanged. He had the chance between falsifying himself and regain the respect and safety of his reputation or lie to save himself. The author Arthur Miller, portrays the struggle of John Proctor fighting to live with the guilt of lying to escape death or to save his reputation and die with an untarnished name.…
How can a man have an affair and still be considered honorable? In Arthur Miller’s play “The Crucible,” John Proctor is one of the main characters. Proctor is a very respected person in the Salem village, but when the witch trials occur some people would think otherwise. Proctor is an honorable character because he admits to having an affair with Abigail and because he tears up his confession letter, but others would disagree that he is honorable because he did not turn in his confession letter.…
In the play “The Crucible” by Arthur MIller he wrote about a lot of honorable people but the one who stood ot the most was John Proctor. John proctor was a honorable man because he never thought about himself he focused on helping his family and friends. He had his own opinions on life and he didn't care what people thought.…
John Proctor in The Crucible is faced with a decision; to live with a lie, or die for his belief. John Proctor made the best decision possible, to die for his belief and carry his good name. In doing this, he secures his children’s future by leaving a good reputation. He only has one name in his lifetime, so he chose to die to keep it instead of lie and tear his reputation down for himself and his future kin. Your name is legacy, and is more important than life itself.…
During the play, John Proctor was accused of being a bad Puritan, and not knowing all of the 10 commandments. He was also accused of witchcraft by his diabolical teenage ex-servant, and was also accused of leading a faction against Reverend Parris. His wife, Elizabeth Proctor, was accused of practicing voodoo and for stabbing Abigail Williams (the diabolical servant) with a needle, hidden in a doll, given to Elizabeth.…
John Proctor plays the leading role in The Crucible by Arthur Miller. He exists in the play as persistent, honest, and full of integrity. John stands as a simple and Proud man. In the end, John Proctor had to make one of two choices, live a life full of lies or die knowing that he still has some self-respect. He made the right choice to die in peace rather than live in torment.…
Devil worshipers and witches turn a village against each other. The author who wrote The Crucible is Arthur Miller and was published in 1950 but the play took place in 1692. John Proctor was a good man with great intentions. Proctor is an honorable man because he took the blame for the false lies so the innocent people who were accused wouldn't die. An honorable man is a man who stands up for something he did or didn't do and takes the wrath of whatever the punishment is.…
In the 1953 play The Crucible by Arthur Miller, the main protagonist, John Proctor allows the audience to create an emotion of sympathy towards him. In the play John Proctor is the husband of Elizabeth Proctor, he is a farmer, and a father of three boys. He was also accused of witchcraft like many individuals who lived in the town of Salem. Proctor did not attend church, because of Reverend Parris. Parris is the minister of Salem, who preaches about wealth, “…and for twenty week he preach nothin’ but golden candlesticks until he had them”. (Act Two, pg. 69) John had no importance for wealth, but rather of God, it was one of the reasons he stopped attending church. The other was to avoid Abigail Williams. John committed adultery with Abigail,…