John Proctor falls victim to his virtuous trait during the course of the infamous Salem witch hunts. Proctor’s pride is put through many tests throughout the story‚ as it sets in motion a cascade of guilt that ultimately leads to his fatal downfall. Proctor hesitates in the beginning of the novel to tell the truth about the girls’ mischiefs because he would have to testify against Abby Williams and ruin his good name in the process‚ but his reluctance also sets in motion his undoing. Proctor is a
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John Proctor and Hester Prynne Similarities In The Scarlet Letter and The Crucible Hester Prynne and John Proctor are similar in their actions to retain their idea of justice stated by their ethics and feelings. Both Hester and Proctor alike tried to restrain the dreadful deeds from progressing any further. Hester admitted that what she committed was wrong and accepted the punishment of being banished from the community of Puritans. However‚ she made the mistake of promising Roger Chillingworth
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Introductions A multinational corporation (MNC) is a corporation that operating in two or more countries‚ known as host countries but managed from one country‚ known as home country. Multinational Corporation is also known as international corporation (Wikipedia‚ 2011). Besides that‚ MNC can be defined as a corporation that derives revenues from operations in countries other than home country (BusinessDictionary‚ 2011). The objective of MNC to operate in other countries is to gain competitive advantage
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kind‚ John. Clasp his hand‚ make your peace.” (Act 1) 1. Speaker: Rebecca Nurse 2. To whom the speaker is talking to: John Proctor 3. Content: Rebecca Nurse interrupted Proctor when Proctor said to Parris in front of the people at church that he would join the faction which against authority and Parris himself when Parris tried to assert his religious authority over Proctor. 4. Thematic importance: This quotation illuminates the Puritan way of life; religious authority was extremely emphasized
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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 was honorable because he gave up his life so the church wouldn’t use his name as an example of people who confessed‚ “ I have given you my soul leave my name”(731)(211)
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Intro In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible the relationship between Proctor and Elizabeth gradually improves throughout the play. At the beginning they are both extremely separate both physically and mentally. However the relationship in Act two starts to develop as Elizabeth rediscovers her love for him that‚ in my opinion‚ has always been there. This then grows even further in Act four when Proctor and Elizabeth’s relationship finally connects and their love is a lot more intense and passionate.
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Elizabeth Proctor was an important part of the Salem Witch Trials. She was accused along with John Proctor‚ Abigail Hobbs‚ Mary Warren‚ Elizabeth Howe‚ and many others. Her story is only part of the long history told. She was convicted of doing witchcraft and was able to avoid execution longer than most were able to. Elizabeth Proctor was John Proctors third wife they were married 18 years and they were running the well known family tavern. Elizabeth Proctor was first seen as a witch when Mary Warren
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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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skeptical regarding his loyalty for her. There is obvious tension between them by how one worded their conversations are. Elizabeth barely says more than one sentence to her husband in most of the dialogue‚ showing the distance between them. Mrs. Proctor clearly hasn’t fully gotten over the affair and still has difficulty trusting John in his word. For example‚ in the beginning the first thing Elizabeth asks to her husband when she see him is “What keeps you so late? It’s almost dark.” (pg. 47) indicating
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