John Proctor clearly fits the definition of a tragic hero‚ for many reasons. A tragic hero is a man of high position and John proves to be a man in high position in page 20 in the second paragraph‚ which states “Proctor‚ respected and even feared in Salem‚”. That line proves that he is respected and feared by some of the people in Salem. A tragic hero also has a flaw that is revealed and Proctor’s flaw is that he is a sinner in the eyes of the people in Salem. I know that fact because in the crucible
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Arthur Muller was born on the 17th October in 1915 in New York as the second son of Isidore and Augusta Miller. His father was a successful Jewish textile manufacturer‚ but his family lost its wealth in the world economic crisis of 1929. Because of that‚ they were forced to move to Brooklyn and had to live in modest circumstances. Fourteen years later‚ he graduated from high school and started to study journalism at the Ann Arbor University of Michigan. In 1936‚ the debut performance of Miller’s
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John Proctor is the tragic hero of The Crucible. Although he can be cast as the hero‚ John Proctor causes his tragic face by the end of the play. He had risked his life for others. Caring for others and he had risked his life for someone really important then him. Even his wife‚ Elizabeth Proctor. John Proctor had risked his life for the people who were in penitentiary. He could have said he seen the other penitentiary who was in jail. That has seen them with the Devil like what Betty‚ Abigail and
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 Mason Rahim Mrs.Mcgill English III-105 November 2017 The CrucibleIn The Crucible by Arthur Miller‚ there is lots of scenes where mass hysteria is used by characters to exploit other people in the book. This is demonstrated in a story based off the Salem Witch Trials and a major problem in the McCarthy Era. Arthur Miller was living through this McCarthy Era where people were accused for being communists yet there was none. He wrote The Crucible based off the that. Mass hysteria is used within
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In the play‚ “The Crucible”‚ written by Arthur Miller has a theme about reputation and respect. In the small town of Salem reputation is very important‚ especially important to the leaders of the town. They want to keep a good name‚ and the people also want to be good citizens. When people have a good reputation others give you more respect. When you have a good reputation in a small town‚ it’s easier to get a fair hearing. However‚ when people started getting accused of witchcraft their reputation
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John Proctor In The Crucible‚ Arthur Miller portrayed John Proctor as a dynamic character in the story. John was a rural farmer in his thirties. John was an honest man who could not stand for hypocrisy. He isolated himself from the issues of Salem‚ Massachusetts by staying on his farm. Despite his hatred for hypocrites‚ John held a deep secret that would ruin his reputation if it was uncovered. This secret was his affair with Abigail Williams‚ who was once a servant to the Proctors and was
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The Crucible was written by Arthur Miller who was born on 17th October 1915 in New York City. The Crucible is based on a small group of teen girls in 1692 Salem‚ Massachusetts caught in an innocent conjuring of love potions to catch young men who are forced to tell lies that Satan had invaded them and forced them to participate in the rites and are then forced to name those involved. Thrown into the mix are greedy preachers and other major landowners trying to steal others’ land and one young woman
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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. Lust‚ being one of the deadly sins‚ was punishable by death in the Puritan society; John fell into
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Elizabeth Proctor and Abigail Williams are two main characters in Arthur Miller’s novel The Crucible. Abigail Williams was once the servant for Proctor however Elizabeth Proctor fires her after she learns about Abigail and her husband’s affair. Both women are same in some ways but they have different motives. One of the similarities they have is that both love John Proctor but in different ways. Elizabeth loves him truly and for all the right reasons. He is her husband and they share their lives
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Character Analysis John Proctor: The Tragic Hero John Proctor was born on October 9‚ 1631 to John and Martha Hopper Proctor in Assignton‚ Sufffolk County England. In 1635‚ he immigrated to the United States with his parents when he was just three years old‚ along with his one year-old sister Mary. He was considered a prosperous landowner‚ and occupied various offices of trust in the colony. When John Proctor‚ Sr. died‚ he left his estate to his son. In the year of 1655 John Proctor married Martha Giddons
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