Character Analysis: The Crucible By Arthur Miller

People are influenced by opinions. It is either their own or societal perspectives that will affect their actions. Arthur Miller’s, The Crucible, displays a character that shows the difficulty of extreme scrutiny from societal and personal perspectives. The character, John Proctor, struggles with opinions from society. He also struggles with the difficulty of his own opinions. He struggles to find himself and what will make him happy throughout the play, but with the help of his own opinion, he is able to find happiness. Though some believe he doesn’t transform throughout the play because he died, but this actually shows that even though he died, he died with happiness and did not care what society thought. The effects of society and personal
In the beginning and the middle, he ultimately is conforming to society and their beliefs. In the end, he follows his own. He has to choose life or death. If he lives then he will be lying and conforming to society’s perspectives. He does not want to lie because that would be a bad example for his children. If he tells the truth, he will be happy with himself. In the end, the weather is a dominant symbol to Mr. Proctor’s emotions. When he is deciding if he should lie, the weather is dark and windy. When he makes his decision to tell the truth and die, the weather is sunny and calm, and he is happy. Even though Mr. Proctor is about to die, he has found happiness through truth and by following his own beliefs. Mr. Proctor transforms from not being happy and following what society wants to what he wants and finding peace and happiness. In conclusion, The Crucible shows Mr. Proctors transformation through the tough events caused by society’s views. His personal views on how to handle the situation at the end of the play is what brings him happiness, not society. Miller demonstrates macrocosm because even though Proctor commits a huge sin, he still finds good and is forgiven. Through Mr. Proctor, the viewers learn to believe in their personal views, and not society’s. In short, Mr. Proctor transitions the most throughout this play because he ended with happiness from his own