Essay On Myah Sommerfeld In The Crucible

Myah Sommerfeld

Arthur Miller wrote The Crucible through the inspiration of his own suffering of being accused and judged as a communist. If a tragedy was the creation of the ruin and suffering of the work’s tragic hero, then Miller was living his own tragedy. It was this sorrow and fear that filled his life that leads him to create the embodiment of the common yet tragic hero John Proctor that Miller and hundreds of others resembled. In

The Crucible, John Proctor follows all the characteristics and consequences that a tragic hero goes through due to his unchangeable tragic flaw of having excess pride, and his fall is not only the climax of his character but also of the play, which leads to the conclusion that his character certifies the play

A transfiguration comes across him and he realizes that it would go against who he is if he confesses to a lie. It is this transformation that will eventually make an impact on the people of Salem for it daunts on them that since he did not confess then he must have been telling the truth.

This dominating characteristic of excess pride had become the cause of his downfall and therefore his hubris. He came ever to close to giving in to the court and confessing to a lie when he suddenly made his choice and yelled, “I am John Proctor! You will not use me!” (pg. 89). The realization of losing his name and his legacy was certainly the limit to what Proctor could take, and while this pride would make his name live on as he wished, it caused his body to come to an untimely end. There is then one line that completely captures the catharsis of the play and that is when Proctor yells, “Because it is my name! Because I cannot have any other in my life!” According to Aristotle, the fall of the tragic create creates a collective sense of pity and fear within the audience, and no other want for solace is found in the play when Proctor cries out and begs