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How Personal Flaws Can Lead To John Proctor's Downfall

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The Fall of John Proctor In The Crucible, Arthur Miller explores how personal flaws can lead to a character’s downfall. Throughout the play, readers observe that John Proctor is the tragic hero by his personal faults and ultimate fate. John Proctor is an upright man with one major fault: his relationship with Abigail Williams. Proctor’s feelings for Abigail led to his affair. Abigail said, “You loved me then and you do now!” (Miller, 23). Abigail, being the vindictive person she is, used her reciprocated feelings for Proctor and jealousy of his wife as inspiration to accuse her of witchcraft. With Elizabeth locked up for witchcraft, a sorrowful Proctor admitted to his affair publicly in hopes of freeing his beloved wife. This herolike action
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