In The Crucible by Arthur Miller‚ John Proctor is an Aristotelian character. He is a character with a tragic flaw and is also a tragic hero. A tragic hero has many distinctive characteristics such as nobility and hubris. A tragic hero also has a fatal flaw‚ experiences tragic things‚ falls and is destroyed‚ and at the end of a play there is catharsis. John Proctor had a mixture of good and bad characteristics. His bad characteristics included having an affair with a girl named Abigail who used to
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In the play‚ The Crucible‚ there are many protagonist that were distinguished throughout the play. The meaning behind the word‚ protagonist‚ is more or less around the context of being the main character‚ champion‚ or an advocate. John Proctor was the one that stood out the most. He was a protagonist behind the reasons of one; he learns to forgive himself‚ two; he was one of the many reasons that the Salem court stopped the witchcraft trials‚ and three; he is a well respected man throughout the
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John Proctor is the protagonist in The Crucible ‚ by Arthur Miller. He stuck to his guns and didn’t give in to the witch conspiracy ‚ he was an honest man‚ and had strong morals. He was a man with pride. a women with tons of respect once said‚ "Do what you feel in your heart to be right‚ for you’ll be criticized anyway. " (Eleanor Roosevelt). When the play finally starts up‚ we are acknowledged John has had an affair with Abigail (his servant). Elizabeth Proctor; John’s wife‚ is soft hearted
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In the play the crucible‚ Arthur miller uses the character of John Proctor who‚ residing in hysteria-shaken Puritan Salem‚ rises beyond the hysteria and proves himself a true hero through his heroic virtues‚ challenging of authority and power‚ self-sacrifice and self-realisation. Proctor is the only individual willing to question the puritan belief system. He believes that no man should have control over the life of another. Only God has the power to judge and condemn. Therefore‚ choosing the more
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In The play The Crucible one character whose feelings drastically change is John Proctor’s. John was accused of witchcraft and of having an affair with Abigail. When the accusations first started arising he believed none of it and was denying everything. His wife‚ Goody Proctor was also accused of witchcraft and he denied that as well. He really committed no witchcraft at all and neither did his wife. He however did have an affair with Abigail. John saw right through all the drama and acting and
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The Crucible My name is John Proctor‚ I am the husband of Elizabeth Proctor and he father of my three boys. I am Christian yet feel dissatisfied with the way Rev. Parris runs our church. I feel I am a kind man but do admit to having a temper when provoked. In my opinion I think I have a self-esteem that picks me apart from anyone else in this community‚ especially compared to the Putnams which obey beyond belief. No‚ I speak when I should‚ as when injustice is taking place. Despite my prideful
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Character Analysis Act 1- John Proctor How believable does he come across? John Proctor is probably the main character of this play. He enters shortly after Mary‚ Abigail and Mercy discuss the happenings of the night before. He is a very upright character‚ although has committed an awful sin despite this. He had an affair with Abigail Williams‚ who is only 17. He is ashamed of this‚ and clearly shows that he does not want to repeat such an incident in the future. “Put it out of mind‚ Abby” (page
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The Crucible written by Arthur Miller is a play that takes place during the witch-trials in Salem. People are being falsely accused for witchcraft and put to trial; innocent people are being harmed. In the play Elizabeth Proctor is married to a man named John Proctor. The audience finds out in the play John Proctor cheats on his wife with a teenage girl named Abigail Williams before the play takes place. In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible Elizabeth Proctor develops from a powerless woman‚ to a protective
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Overall‚ John Proctor is a good man. Even though he went against his beliefs and cheated on his wife‚ he knows that it was wrong and decides to end the affair. He overtly tells Abigail that it is over. He admits that he still thinks about her now and again‚ but he states that he will “cut his hand off before he reaches out for her again” (Miller‚ 1953/p. 1246). This was his first step to make the situation right. He truly regrets his affair with her. Abigail gets angry that he will not be with her
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John Proctor: Tragic Hero “A man cannot become a hero until he sees the root of his own downfall.” This famous quote from Aristotle highlights one of the main reasons that tragedies were created; to point out the flaws of a society to learn from them. John Proctor‚ from the tragedy The Crucible by Arthur Miller‚ is a prime example of a “tragic hero”. He starts off the play as a respected and successful farmer whose main focus is himself above all else. While the Salem witch trials highlight this
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