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Examples Of The Tragic Flaws In The Crucible

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The Tragic Flaw of John Proctor in The Crucible Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible takes place in early 1692 in the town of Salem Massachusetts. In this small town of Salem, there is hysteria due to accusations of children that many of the townsmen use witchcraft. Among these townspeople there is a man named John Proctor who knows that all of the accusations are a fraud. In the play John Proctor has many tragic flaws: his lust and pride led to the mounting of hysteria and overall tragic plight of others. Yet, in the end, his pride led to his own death. One of John Proctor’s tragic flaws is committing adultery with Abigail even though John is married. Last winter, Elizabeth had become very ill. During this time John had an affair with Abigail
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