The Crucible John Proctor Change

Change has always been a strong uniting force throughout the history of America. Many literary works have incorporated change as their driving point, such as Arthur Miller's, The Crucible. The culture and beliefs in the Puritan time period was strictly based on religion. Everyone expected each individual to be righteous, pure, and live a puritan lifestyle. Change was something out of their social norm making it harder for Proctor to change, but his change impacts the many lives of the people that were wrongly accused. In The Crucible, change is shown through John Proctor by him being an adulterous man, redeems himself by sacrificing his life and reputation in the end. John Proctor, a dynamic character, was “the kind of man- powerful of body, even-tempered, and not easily led- who cannot refuse support to partisans without drawing their deepest resentment” (Miller 1138). He seems steady, persistent the first time we meet him or as Miller describes him, but that changes when he commits a sin. He is now a “sinner” due to having

He confesses his sins gaining his wife’s trust, but not the court. This doesn’t trigger his willingness to stick with him changing. “I cannot mount the gibbet like a saint. It is a fraud. I am not that man. My honesty is broke, Elizabeth; I am no good man. Nothing’s spoiled by giving them this lie that were not rotten long before” (Miller 1227). This shows who he has changed into because one can see that he views of himself as a sinner, a view he didn’t have of himself before. He now also knows that he doesn’t deserve to judge someone else’ sins when asked if he saw Rebecca Nurse with the devil. “I speak my own sins; I cannot judge another. I have no tongue for it” (Miller 1230). In addition, he was offered to live if he confess his sins in public. His fear of people’s opinion made him almost sign the paper, but eventually cares more about his personal