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How Does John Proctor Change In The Crucible

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“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing Himself.” Leo Tolstoy is correct about how we like to blame others before we see each other. However In “The Crucible” by Arthur Miller. There are Dramatic changes in many characters and their journies.One of the hardest lessons in life is letting go. Whether it’s guilt, anger, love, loss or betrayal. Change is never easy. We fight to hold on and we fight to let go. So does John Proctor the guy who changes somewhat, Abigail Williams who changes the people that surround her, and John hale who changes very dramatically throughout the book. John Proctor is the very first person that changed in the play. He’s a mental suffering individual who is egotistical. But is also a member of the the puritans religion, which is a community center among their beliefs.Which may change some things but not dramatically. Proctor is a egotistical type of person because he will do anything to protect his concern with abigail. At this point of time Proctor tries to get rid of Abigail’s mind of their matter that they touched. But then when William tries to bring back the truth, proctor hit him with the line “Aye, but we did not.” He will do anything to keep his problems undercover. Throughout the play things get worse and worse, finally proctor realizes that the only thing he can do is to …show more content…

This quote from Leo Tolstoy explains how individuals in the book “The Crucible” changed in every single Act. All they did was judge other characters in the book but,did they ever think how they were also a part of the conflict.Never. Because everybody thinks they’re perfect but the reality is, nobody is. “ Nobody is perfect, and nobody deserves to be perfect. Nobody has it easy, everybody has issues. You never know what people are going through. So pause before you start judging, criticizing, or mocking others.Everybody is fighting their own unique

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