A tragic hero is a character that risks their life for others. John stayed loyal to Elizabeth as he loves her, not Abigail. We can learn not to defend our bad decisions from the play as it will only make a situation worse. John Proctor is special because he can easily lie his way out of the mess, but he represents the right thing by giving his own fate for his people.…
In the Proctor household, there is so much tension between Elizabeth Proctor, Proctor’s wife, and John Proctor. Proctor has committed adultery with a teenage servant, Abigail Williams. Although Abigail has been gone for 7 months, Elizabeth still cannot trust Proctor. Proctor is constantly trying to please his wife, knowing full well Elizabeth is still upset. Proctor finally had…
In the beginning of the book, Proctor is happy with his life, if not guilty of cheating on his wife with his used-to-be servant, Abigail. He tries his hardest to ignore what he has done even as Abigail thrusts the town of Salem into hysteria, but once his wife, Elizabeth Proctor, is taken into custody, he can no longer overlook Abigail's influence in the town. In order to free his wife, and other people who have been accused, Proctor tries to expose Abigail as a fraud so that people would stop listening to…
Arthur Miller wrote a lot of things throughout his time, like plays, and stories. His best, and the book that most people know him by is “The Crucible”. He got the most attention…
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.…
Inside a windowless room illuminated by a single candle, the flame is given the responsibility of filling the area with light; that same brightness will inevitably produce its own shadows. In the play, based off of true events,“The Crucible” written by Arthur Miller recalls a series of unlawful behaviors within a paranoid society that sparked innocent people's deaths. One of the only rationalist in this play is eventualled executed after his attempts to return justice to Salem. John Proctor resembles a tragic hero through in his regrets of adulterous relationship with Abigail, his desire to end the trials, and his family oriented pride.…
Proctor is a flawed character as he has admitted adultery with Abigail Williams. Proctor is flirtatious with Abigail and enjoys teasing…
In the play by Arthur Miller The Crucible, the town of Salem is in pandemonium under the non-existent threat of witchcraft. Every character is either lying to save their lives or to end others, or dying for not admitting to a lie. One character who stands out among the chaotic conflagration is the tragic hero John Proctor. In Greek drama, a tragic hero is defined as “a great or virtuous character in a dramatic tragedy that is destined for downfall, suffering, or defeat.” No character in The Crucible fits this description better than John Proctor. John Proctor is the tragic hero in The Crucible because of his strengths and notable traits, such as reason and personal sacrifice. He also fits the description because of his tragic flaws such as unfaithfulness and pride that led to his fall from grace.…
children were thought of as the vice of god and they were pure of blemishes.…
The main character in Salem is John Proctor, an outspoken, successful, and well-respected farmer who chooses to stay away from the church. Religious at heart, this man who has sinned openly, condemns the witch trials while hiding a secret that could ruin the main accuser, Abigail Williams. Proctor is a man full of guilt, who uses the love of his wife, and his need to take responsibility for his actions to gain the strength to openly confess his sins, denounce Abigail Williams, and save his soul.…
The play's tragic hero John Proctor was an outspoken and honest man who had been deeply in conflicted situations that led him to stage of crisis. For example, Proctor was agitated towards Mary Warren with her having evidence and not being truthful enough to tell the court. In a display of wrath, he says to Mary Warren,…
Throughout the play John Proctor was an honest man, as was his wife, Elizabeth until she was asked to testify against her husband about his affair. One thing that never changed about Proctor throughout the whole play was his willingness to stand for his beliefs. Time after time, he was bombarded with questions about why he didn’t regularly attend church or why he didn’t have one of his sons baptized. He answered these questions with honesty and questioned the ministry…
In the beginning of the play it starts off with people not worrying about the truth and what is…
Arthur Miller's play The Crucible is a social commentary on witch hunts in early America, as well as an Aristotelian tragedy. In Aristotle's essay Poetics, Aristotle explains that a character flaw (imperfection or weakness in one's personality or values) or an error in judgment can lead to tragedy. The word for this is hamartia. Aristotle also goes on to state that the tragic hero will find enlightenment through his or her lamentable situation. In Miller's play there are two characters in particular, John and Elizabeth Proctor, who are tragic figures that find psychological insight, stunning facts of self-sacrifice and heroism through their personal tragedies.…
was his honesty. In every scene in the play that John Proctor is in, his…