“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.…
Forgiving yourself and not just others, can bring you peace. I believe john proctor could not forgive himself, which caused him to be prideful. Though Proctor had many flaws, I still consider he is the tragic hero of the play.…
John Proctors attempt to maintain his good reputation caused his death in the end of The Crucible. He always tried to do the right things, and protect the innocent. He was deeply attentive on not allowing anyone to know about his affair with Abigail Williams. His wife, Elizabeth insisted on him telling the court that the girls were lying. He responds with, “I’ll think on that.” ( ). He is afraid that if he tells the court about his private conversation with Abigail, everyone will find out about the affair. He fears it because it is a great sin for lechery and adultery, and give up his good name. He then finally admits to having an affair with Abigail. Elizabeth did not know that so she lied to cover him up. He then was going to sign a paper…
“I may think of you softly from time to time but I will cut my hand off before I reach for you again.” -John Proctor. John Proctor slept with Abigail Williams and cannot forgive himself. In the Crucible John Proctor is the protagonist and the antagonist is also John Proctor. John can not forgive himself for what he did to his wife, god, and himself. He more importantly cannot forgive himself for hurting his love for god by committing this sin. Because of John’s inability to forgive himself, the antagonist is clearly his ability of being depreciate.…
Line 415 “Because it speaks deceit, and I am honest!” John Proctor a major character in this excellent put together compelling play captured the tragic flaw hidden inside John Proctor. This story starts off with Act One with his conservation with Abigail (the pathological liar) line 439 “I may have looked up” this explains his tragic flaw as being an unfaithful husband. He also feels compassion towards his wife when she was taken away.…
Once Goody Proctor discovers that Abigail is a fraud, she wants John to go to Salem to confess what he knows on Abigail. “I would go to Salem now, John- let you go tonight.” (Proctor 56) He didn't go to Salem because he’s afraid to be charged with adultery, and the truth doesn’t come out until later in the story. At the end of the Crucible John Proctor's impact was selfless and honorable. “...Because I lie and sign myself to lies!... How may I live without my name? I have given you my soul; leave me my name!” (Proctor 150) He refuses to confess what he knows isn’t true. That he would rather die than tell another…
John Proctor in The Crucible is faced with a decision; to live with a lie, or die for his belief. John Proctor made the best decision possible, to die for his belief and carry his good name. In doing this, he secures his children’s future by leaving a good reputation. He only has one name in his lifetime, so he chose to die to keep it instead of lie and tear his reputation down for himself and his future kin. Your name is legacy, and is more important than life itself.…
John Proctor appears to be an authentic, honorable, and candid man. In act one, Proctor exuberates love for authority and exercises his power to the best of his ability. Readers see through Proctor’s witty persona and analyze his fatal sin that fills him with guilt, his affair with Abigail Williams. In the midst of the play, John Proctor undergoes a plethora of self-torment and guilt. Meanwhile, the witch trials continue to be investigated. Only John can free innocent men and women tried for practicing witchcraft, but in the process will ruin his reputation. Proctor later confesses to his act of lechery and rests in the gallows with his neighbors. By doing so, John is perceived as a…
In the play, John Proctor is an ordinary farmer, who has proven himself a hardworking man, with a good name around the village of Salem. John is the type of man who often says what he believes and he does what his heart tells him to. In his past he has done a lot of good and bad deeds, but he is a human and humans do make mistakes for example, he had committed the crime of lechery with Abigail Williams. Abigail used to work at his house as a servant for him and his wife Elizabeth Proctor. Abigail is a two-faced 18 year old who causes a lot of mischief and she is in love with John and will do anything to separate him and his wife, just to take her place. John clearly regrets the mistake he had made in his life, and does his best to pick himself up and attempts to change things in his life. He is a smart man who is somewhat foolish, because from what I have observed, John puts more importance on the present than he does on the future. He is a kind man who is loyal to his wife and friends; he even blackens his own name for the sake of their lives. He is devoted to stop the hangings, and save the people who are accused.…
In the paly "the Crucible" by Arthur Miller, one of the main character choose death over confession to witchcraft John Proctor is a man who has big exaptation for himself and other morally Proctor , willing to risk it all for his goal and, not let their name go to ruined. John Proctor want to win the court case for his wife and his friend wives. Right now, John Proctor is in the hot seat at the court. In act 3 line 621 he started to say "Peace, Gile, we'll prove it all now"(Miller). When Proctor says this, he wants his friends not to get angry or upset because the proof that he has might turn the tide of the court.…
John Proctor: "God in heaven, what is John Proctor, what is John Proctor". John is a man of strong moral beliefs any way he or she look at him, concerned only for the safety of his family and personal welfare. He cares of nothing for the beliefs of any of the other people in the town and what his supervisor which is the Reverend, thinks either. After trying to avoid involvement in the witch trials he is later prosecuted for witchery and sentenced to hang. John trys to avoid any involvement in the Salem witch trials. His reason for doing so is to protect his image because he is afraid he will be committed of adultery with Abigail Williams. Following these events he trys to save everyone's lives by admitting to this horrible offense adultery and ends up losing the trial along with his life. He did have a chance to live but instead of signing away his name and his soul to keep his life, he wanted to die honorably with his friends not without a name, a soul, and with guilt. "John Proctors decision to die is reasonable and believable". Reverend Parris, the Salem minister and Proctors immediate supervisor, which says " there is either obedience or the church will burn like hell is burning." "The church in theocratic Salem is identical with the state and the community and will surely crumble if unquestioning obedience falters in the least." Proctor, on the other hand, "has come to regard his self as a king of fraud," as long as he remains obedient to an authority which he cannot respect. In other words he believes that the cannot be his true self when he has to abide by lies and not by his morals. He thinks there is to much mention of hell in God's church and about the dangers to the community to implicit in all this talk of witch craft. He is caught in a web of moral dilemmas involving not only his own fate but that of his wife, his friends, and the entire Salem community. "John Proctor is the individual who must decide weather or not he will assert himself against an…
John Proctor: “God in heaven, what is John Proctor, what is John Proctor”. John is a man of strong moral beliefs any way he or she look at him, concerned only for the safety of his family and personal welfare. He cares of nothing for the beliefs of any of the other people in the town and what his supervisor which is the Reverend, thinks either. After trying to avoid involvement in the witch trials he is later prosecuted for witchery and sentenced to hang. John trys to avoid any involvement in the Salem witch trials. His reason for doing so is to protect his image because he is afraid he will be committed of adultery with Abigail Williams. Following these events he trys to save everyone’s lives by admitting to this horrible offense adultery and ends up losing the trial along with his life. He did have a chance to live but instead of signing away his name and his soul to keep his life, he wanted to die honorably with his friends not without a name, a soul, and with guilt. “John Proctors decision to die is reasonable and believable”. Reverend Parris, the Salem minister and Proctors immediate supervisor, which says “ there is either obedience or the church will burn like hell is burning.” “The church in theocratic Salem is identical with the state and the community and will surely crumble if unquestioning obedience falters in the least.” Proctor, on the other hand, “has come to regard his self as a king of fraud,” as long as he remains obedient to an authority which he cannot respect. In other words he believes that the cannot be his true self when he has to abide by lies and not by his morals. He thinks there is to much mention of hell in God’s church and about the dangers to the community to implicit in all this talk of witch craft. He is caught in a web of moral dilemmas involving not only his own fate but that of his wife, his friends, and the entire Salem community. “John Proctor is the…
John is a man of strong moral beliefs, who is concerned only for the safety of his family and personal welfare. He does not care about the beliefs of any of the other people in the town and what his supervisor which is the Reverend, thinks either. After trying to avoid involvement in the witch trials he is later prosecuted for witchery and sentenced to hang. John tries to avoid any involvement in the Salem Witch trials. His reason for doing so is to protect his image because he is afraid he will be committed of adultery with Abigail Williams. Following these events he tries to save everyone’s lives by admitting to this adultery and ends up losing the trial along with his life. He did have a chance to live but instead of signing his name to keep his life, he wanted to die honorably with his friends not without a name, a soul, and with guilt. “John Proctors decision to die is reasonable and believable”. Reverend Parris, the Salem minister and Proctors immediate supervisor, says “ there is either obedience or the church will burn like hell is burning.” John, on the other hand, “has come to regard his self as a king of fraud,” as long as he remains obedient to authority which he can’t respect. In other words he believes that he can’t be his true self when he has to follow the rules of lie and not by his morals. He thinks there is too much mention of hell in God’s church and about the dangers to the community to implicit in all this talk of witch craft. He is caught in a web of dilemmas involving not only his fate but his wife, his friends, and the entire Salem community. “John is the individual who must decide weather or not he will assert himself against an overbearing authoritarian government.” “His loyalty to his own but his rebellion against the church really involves none but is own welfare, and that in no profound way. Although all this goes on in the end the community of Salem lies on his decision on weather to lie dishonorably or die honorably. John…
John Proctor is not only a man to be missed, but a man to be remembered. John wasn’t only a strong, honest and hardworking Christian but a man with a big heart, who put the needs of others above him. John always thought us that: “a good Christian is not a man who only fights for the needs of God, but a man that fights for the needs of the society where he lives”. He was a good citizen of Salem, someone involved in the community, respected by everybody, and even though he didn't go to church very often last year, he fought to put up the door to the church.…
A tragic hero is defined as “a literary character who makes an error of judgment or has a fatal flaw that, combined with fate and external forces, brings on a tragedy” (Dictionary.com). This identity holds true for John Proctor. He is a valued and respectful man who has made a misjudgment while in a dark place. Sometimes a hero can make a mistake that leads to his or her downfall. Many tragic heroes have a flaw that leads to their tragedy and John Proctor’s gets the best of him. In Arthur Miller’s play The Crucibles John Proctor qualifies as a tragic hero because he is vulnerable, proud, and brave throughout his downfall.…