B B American Literature 7/8 Character Analysis Essay: John Proctor John Proctor‚ he is a farmer‚ a husband‚ and a father. We think of him as a strong formidable figure. In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible‚ Proctor is portrayed as a man with a strong belief system. He does not feel that he has to change his way of thinking to impress others or to gain respect. One example of this is his relationship with Reverend Parris. Parris is‚ in the eyes of John Proctor is not preaching to the community
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Kate-Lynn Gomerich M. Haddou English 12C Individual Character Project November 22‚ 2014 John Proctors Role in “The Crucible” To be puritan is to be pure of any physical or mental pleasure; when pressure built the citizens of Salem massed into a frenzy of noose casting. Only to realize the heavy weight of truth as a course rope began to constrict around their necks. In “The Crucible” a story taking place in Salem‚ Massachusetts: the restricting ways of puritan life began to take their toll on the
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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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I justify that the protagonist is John Proctor‚ the “Manly man” who had an affair on his wife and instead of coming clean he produces a scary moment in Salem’s history. Abigail Williams is the girl which has had John‚ after the affair she is driven by a crazy mind to get with John‚ she resorts to witchcraft and gives her own blood to give John’s wife to be with John. When John finds out about the attempt on his wife’s life‚ that his character turns into the good‚ loving husband‚ the town thinks he
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Some of the characters in The Crucible stay the same but a few of them change. To me the characters who changed are Mary Warren‚ John Proctor‚ Elizabeth‚ and Rebecca Nurse. They change from the beginning towards the end of the play‚ starting out to be innocent but then each of those characters start to change who they are. Mary Warren in the beginning is a sweet girl who would never lie to anybody‚ but towards the end she changed a lot by making a doll with a needle inside of it. Also‚ when she
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John Proctor “I say I say‚ God is dead”. John Proctor said this in Act 4 when John refused to give his written confession to Governor Danforth John Proctor is a middle aged man who was married to Elizabeth Proctor. He is a hard worker and a sinner but he’s also loyal and a good leader at times. I think of myself as John proctor when it comes to his traits because I am hard working‚ loyal‚ and a good leader. One way i’m like John Proctor is by hard work. John has worked all of his life even on Sundays
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was best known for the novel and play “ The Crucible ” that he had published in 1953. Because reputation and respect was so important throughout the village‚ Elizabeth is known around the town as Goodie Proctor. She lies under oath to the court by saying John did not commit adultery to save her husband and their reputation.Later on John Proctor gets accused of witchcraft by Mary warren. Where he first agrees to lying to the townspeople about committing witchcraft so he would not get hanged‚ but later
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John Proctor is a tormented individual. He believes his affair with Abigail irreparably damaged him in the eyes of God‚ his wife Elizabeth‚ and himself. True‚ Proctor did succumb to sin and commit adultery; however‚ he lacks the capacity to forgive himself. Unsurprisingly‚ his relationship with Elizabeth remains strained throughout the majority of the play. He resents Elizabeth because she cannot forgive him and trust him again‚ but he is guilty of the same thing. In fact‚ his own inability to forgive
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Darcy’s Changes Through Time In the novel Pride and Prejudice there are many interesting characters and that is what makes the book so good in my opinion‚ but today I am going to focus on Elizabeth and Darcy. Elizabeth’s and Darcy’s characteristics sway and change over the course of the novel. Elizabeth’s characteristics at the beginning are that she is a little to prejudice‚let her own opinions get in the way of her judgement‚ stubborn‚ loving‚ and is proud to be who she is and would not change for
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Elizabeth Bennet Jane Austen’s time period was a period that was full of change for society‚ but the main issue she really focused on writing about was women’s social status‚ which was determined by whom she married. During this time period‚ a woman’s ideal man was someone who was wealthy‚ able to take care of them‚ and provide her with security. There was no such thing as marrying for love; this is what made Austen’s females differentiate from other women. Austen made
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