The Crucible John Proctor Heroic Figure
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The reader may now make the inference that John Proctor plays a heroic figure in the play. John knows that it is most important to keep his name clean and his integrity. He as well calls out others for their lack of intelligence by letting the court and people decide what’s best for them. John is like no other character in the play who found himself sitting on the hot seat. John Proctor has certified, his courage and his passion. Because of this, he is smarter and more durable to the end. He is the only character who fully evolves in and who put a stop to the nonsense in
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- Opines that john proctor plays a heroic figure in the play. he knows it's important to keep his name clean and his integrity and calls out others for their lack of intelligence.
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- Analyzes how john proctor's character and the puritanical salem alleviated his moral struggle in the crucible. he is portrayed as a man with high moral values.
- Analyzes how john proctor is a foil to most characters in the play, who are conformists and submissive due to the restrictive lifestyle they had to lead.
- Analyzes how hale extends proctor's guilt in that his hidden sin caused the whole community to fall to the vengeance of god.
- Analyzes how the final act of the play focuses on proctor's dilemma to whether to live or accept death.
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- Analyzes how john proctor is courageous in the play because he confesses to his affair with abby to save elizabeth from being hung.
- Analyzes how reverend hale is courageous in the play because he speaks of his fears and wants elizabeth to protect john.
- Concludes that elizabeth proctor and reverend hale are courageous characters because they see the good and people and sport them.
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- Analyzes how john proctor had an affair with abigail williams while she was working in his home. she believed that if she got rid of elizabeth, john would become her own.
- Analyzes how the most important scene in the play was act two, scene three, where john proctor decides to "confess" to the crime of witchcraft, thereby avoiding being hung.
- Analyzes how the judge requires john proctor to sign a written confession which states that he confessed to the crime of witchcraft.
- Analyzes how john proctor made a last-response stand against the insanity of the town, for himself and for god. he weighs both sides of his internal conflict and realizes that he must not make another mistake.
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- Compares the character of john proctor to willy loman in arthur miller's the crucible. he is a well-respected man of noble stature, conflicted because of his fatal flaw, and his downfall is due to his own choices.
- Analyzes how john proctor is a well-known farmer in salem and his reputation is important to him in the crucible.
- Analyzes how john proctor commits a fatal flaw in the crucible. he is unfaithful to his wife, abigail, and is guilty of witchcraft.
- Analyzes how a tragic hero's downfall is caused by their own choices and the punishment far exceeds the crime.
- Analyzes how john proctor decides to give up his life to save his own life if he falsely confessed to witchcraft. every tragic hero's life ends with their own choices.
- Analyzes how john proctor, a well-respected man of noble stature, commits adultery with his former servant, abigail, which leads him to worry about tarnishing his good name.
- Cites bergeron, david m. "arthur miller's" the crucible" and nathaniel hawthorne: some parallels.
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- Explains that john proctor is a complex character and is respected even though he has done wrong things. arthur miller was in the same situation as john in 1956-57.
- Explains that when john proctor is introduced in the play, there is a paragraph describing him. reading this, one learns about his character, what others think about him, and how he acts towards people.
- Analyzes how the quote "he was the kind of man – powerful of body, even tempered and not easily led" is straightforward and you understand that he is fair-minded. then you get to the line "he's a sinner against the moral fashion of the time."
- Analyzes how proctor was respected so much that he was also feared. he enters from the door and mary warren ‘leaps in fright’.
- Analyzes how mary warren is the servant girl of john proctor, but after a couple of lines you realize that she is not good.
- Analyzes how in times of anger, he is not humourless and still manages to be respected. the other girls all fear him and are strangely titillated.
- Opines that the main relationship in the play is the relationship between abigail and john proctor.
- Analyzes how john feels bad for what he did with abigail and broke serious ‘rules’. he wants to make it up to his wife and the conversations between elizabeth proctor and him are very restricted.
- Opines that when abigail says'soft word' she means a kiss. this is the first point where you start thinking there might have been something between them.
- Explains that they may think of you softly from time to time, but they will cut off their hand before reaching for you again.
- Analyzes how proctor's inner weakness comes from his relationship with abigail.
- Compares the love relationship between john and elizabeth proctor to that between abigail and john.
- Analyzes how miller used the simplicity of a husband and wife not trusting each other, but extended the fact that they are tense around each
- Analyzes how even when john proctor is angry, he still manages to have a sense of humour and dignity.
- Explains that john proctor is a puritan, but he takes his responsibilities lightly. he has to have all of his children christened and attend church, and reverend hale asks him why all children haven't been baptized.
- Analyzes how john proctor does not attend church regularly because he doesn't like the ideas and doings of reverend parris.
- Analyzes how john proctor threatens mary warren at the end of act 2. he tells her that all the witchery was pretence.
- Analyzes how mary warren and john proctor turn on mary and make the court believe that she is the devil. elizabeth lies to save her husband's name, which pushes her deeper into problems.
- Explains that proctor knows he has done wrong and feels very guilty. he can never feel good about himself again.
- Analyzes how proctor and elizabeth have trouble starting off the conversation and start asking each other more personal questions to make sure the other is okay.
- Analyzes how elizabeth's reply to john shows that she is not judging him as much as she was.
- Concludes that although john proctor has committed adultery, he is a good father and cares for people.
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- Analyzes how arthur miller's the crucible is set in salem in a puritan community. john proctor is the tragic hero because he is loving, loyal, authoritative, but his tragic flaw is his temper.
- Analyzes how john is a loving husband. he tells elizabeth to "show honor now" as he is to be hanged in the gallows.
- Analyzes how john proctor proves he is loyal by telling abigail, "i will cut off my hand before i’ll ever reach for you again."
- Analyzes how john proves his authority when he goes to reverend paris' house to find out why there is talk of witchcraft in the town, and finds his servant, mary warren, who isn't supposed to be there.
- Analyzes how john proctor's tragic flaw is his temper. he was jailed for having an outrageous temper when speaking to elizabeth about abigail saying the dancing in the woods had nothing to do with witchcraft.
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- Explains that children were thought of as the vice of god and they were pure of sin.
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- Opines that god is dead, and that he will see all.
- Analyzes how he cared more about his belief than his beliefs.
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In this essay, the author
- Explains that a tragic hero is the protagonist who is neither virtuous nor evil, and is of high estate. proctor's hubris cost characters their lives to protect their image in the town.
- Opines that john proctor's tragic flaw or hubris was his pride. the town suffered the trials because of a whores revenge that should of died where it began.
- Analyzes how proctor refused to tell about his affair until it would help his interest and his family. he tried to make things right with his wife by pushing away and forgetting about abigail.
- Opines that john proctor had a heavy penalty for his actions or lack of actions. he died leaving the family to fend for themselves while elizabeth is sick and pregnant.
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In this essay, the author
- Describes john proctor as a man of strong moral beliefs, concerned only for the safety of his family and personal welfare. he is later prosecuted for witchery and sentenced to hang.
- Analyzes how john proctor is caught in a web of moral dilemmas involving not only his own fate but the entire salem community.
- Opines that john proctor is a threat to the community and will be considered as being aligned with the devil. he must show the people of salem that he is committed to society before it started to become corrupt.
- Analyzes how john's decision to die was a choice to commit himself to his friends and die honorable, and as an honest man.
1089 wordsRead More - During the play, John Proctor becomes more honest with himself, his wife and his community. At the beginning of the story, John is trying to deny the fact that he had an
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how the evolution of the salem witch trials unfolds in arthur miller's play, the crucible. proctor becomes honest, hale becomes skeptical, and parris finds humanity.
- Analyzes how john proctor becomes more honest with himself, his wife and his community about his affair with abigail williams.
- Analyzes how reverend hale becomes skeptical of his mission of purging salem of witches.
- Analyzes how reverend parris finds in himself some shred of humanity. he acted greedily when he kept begging for golden candlesticks when the pewter ones they already had were perfectly fine.
- Analyzes how arthur miller's the crucible shows that just a few changes and acts of goodness can save the innocent lives of many.
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