ipl-logo

John Proctor As A Hero In The Crucible By Arthur Miller

404 Words2 Pages
John Proctor is a pedofile but a hero. In Arthur Miller's movie, "The Crucible,” released in 1996 in the United States, the town of Salem is consumed by a mass hysteria as people are accused of witchcraft left and right. John Proctor, the star of the movie, plays a crucial role on how he could have been the character to have ended this madness. In "The Crucible,” I believe John Proctor could have ended the hysteria in Salem by avoiding the affair with Abigail Williams, being more honest, and exposing the lies. To begin with, John Proctor should’ve left Abigail Williams alone. If this affair never existed, Abigail Williams wouldn’t have wanted Goody Proctor dead. That would mean she wouldn’t have done false accusations to get John
Show More
Related
216 Words | 1 Pages

In Act Three of Arthur Miller's play The Crucible, John Proctor admits he has committed adultery with Abigail motivated in trying to save his wife, while his wife, Elizabeth Proctor, lies about why she kicked Abigail from their house to protect her and her husbands privacy. I feel as though John’s actions were justified and Elizabeth’s actions were not. John Proctor was trying to get the court to see Abigail was a terrible, unsaintly fraud in her claims of being witched. John tells the court that his wife, who has never told a lie, would concur to the affair accusations brought against Abigail. When brought into the court Elizabeth was questioned on why she had kicked Abigail out of their home and she replied in a manner that did not show

Read More
932 Words | 4 Pages

In the play Proctor had an affair with Abigail Williams. He knows it was wrong and he regrets it, but he can not take it back and he does not want to be judged for it. This was a big part in the play and so I felt that it had some insight into Proctor’s life. Abigail Williams lies a lot in this play and she gets the other young girl girls that were caught in the forest to lie with her. Although John Proctor does not buy into their story.

Read More
196 Words | 1 Pages

John Proctor is another character who risks the people in Salem to maintain his reputation. When Abigail Williams, a seventeen-year-old, was a maid in the Proctor’s home, John had an affair with her. Upon discovering this affair, Elizabeth, the wife of John Proctor, discharged Abigail for her services, which leads to Abigail’s fury. In this case, Abigail’s desire for Proctor leads to her vengeance against Elizabeth and the killings of innocent people. Knowing this undisclosed information, Elizabeth tells John Proctor, “I think you must go to Salem, John.

Read More
308 Words | 2 Pages

A person must be accountable for his or her actions. Proctor is very admirable for choosing his family and doing the right thing. And all though he did what he did with Abigail John proctor tried making things right with his family. While Proctor 's wife was getting over child birth Abigail was hired on as help in the process of being there Proctor and Abigail started to have an affair. As time goes on Proctor starts feeling guilty and tries to stop the affair with Abigail.

Read More
362 Words | 2 Pages

When people are accused of a crime they didn’t commit, it often has lasting effects on them and their loved ones. In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, he explores the Salem Witch trials with characters that are accused of a crime they clearly didn’t commit, and are sent to their death. In a similar fashion, the five adolescents who were accused and found guilty of a heinous crime in New York City were ultimately found innocent after they served years and had eliminated a chance of restoring their youth. In the Central Park Five court case that occurred in New York City during the late 1980’s, the idea that a hero is someone valiant is proven by Antron Mccray. In the play, the Crucible by Arthur Miller, it displays that a hero is honest based on

Read More
590 Words | 3 Pages

Arthur Miller wrote the Crucible in 1953 several years into the Cold War. Arthur Miller book the Crucible is a not so well hidden allegory for McCarthyism. McCarthyism is named after Senator Joseph McCarthy and his witch hunt for communists, during the Cold War. This was done in order for McCarthy to gain political power similarly to what Reverend Parris and the girls did during the Salem Witch Trials. The time of McCarthyism is now called The Red Scare.

Read More
899 Words | 4 Pages

Previous to the witch hunt, Proctor had committed adultery by sleeping with Abigail Williams, and this evil act had caused him to live in fear of being discovered as an adulterator. However, after witnessing the constant disingenuous acts of Abigail throughout the entirety of the witch hunt, Proctor gave himself up for the prosperity of the community when he declares, “I have known her, sir. I have... known her” (Act III). Through Proctor’s confession to adultery in front of the court, readers can fully understand the compassion he possesses. This revelation is possible because, John was fully aware of the abominable charges he would have to face, but he was willing to be killed if it would mean the end of Abigail’s antics and thus the end of the death of innocent people.

Read More
491 Words | 2 Pages

In Arthur Miller’s play, The Crucible, the town of Salem, Massachusetts is overrun with hysteria because of children who accused many of the townspeople of witchcraft. One of the accused was a man named John Proctor. While he was a respected farmer and member of the community, he had committed adultery with one of the accusers, Abigail Williams. ++++ +

Read More
611 Words | 3 Pages

Closely following his act of adultery with Abigail Williams, we begin to see the cracks in Proctor’s persona and personal image. A veil of secrecy is apparent in John and Elizabeth’s marriage, with John covering up the truth whenever he needs to, and as Abigail catalyzes the witch hysteria, John is forced by society and self-preservation to continue with his incessant mistruths. Eventually we begin to notice that John grows heavy with stress and anxiety, and as he walks more deeply into this dark chasm of dishonesty, it gets more difficult for him to find his way out. One thing that remains constant, however, is Proctor’s sense of honor and the importance of his own

Read More
746 Words | 3 Pages

During the Salem witch trials, your only chance of surviving and protecting your innocence was to maintain a good reputation. The town respected John Proctor for his integrity and work ethic, but he had one serious character flaw: he had an affair with Abigail Williams. In Act 2, Elizabeth Proctor discovered he had been going behind her back, seeing Abigail at home before she was fired from working for them. This affected the Proctor’s relationship as a whole, as Elizabeth lost complete trust in John. The affair was not to be mentioned in Salem as it could affect his reputation and he wanted to keep his name clean as possible.

Read More
435 Words | 2 Pages

Andy Biersack once said “Stand up for what you believe in, even if it means standing alone…”. People should always speak out if something bad is happening, no matter if they are standing against one person or a whole army. People can always be wrong and will sometimes need someone to push them into the right direction. John Proctor, a character in the novel The Crucible by Arthur Miller who is a farmer and is married to a woman accused of witchcraft named Elizabeth, does not agree with the witchcraft trials going on in Salem at that time. He tries to go to court with Mary Warren, a girl who was originally part of the scheme, but now says that it is fake, to prove that the witch trials are all a hoax.

Read More
501 Words | 3 Pages

In The Crucible, a play by Arthur Miller, a farmer named John Proctor lived in the late 1600's in Salem, Massachusetts during the time of witch hysteria when greed, lust, jealousy, and revenge haunted the village. In this period a person's name and reputation was extremely important and religion was the center of families and of the community. Proctor was a man who was jailed because he was accused of witchcraft - which at the time was the worst thing possible since they were puritans and witchcraft was the devil's work. The main issues running throughout the plot are the series of conflicts Proctor faces such as committing adultery, hestitation to confess in court, and his final decision to make the ultimate choice of his moral: whether to lie to save his life or to die in sin.

Read More
1058 Words | 5 Pages

A hero is someone who is admired or idealized for courage, outstanding achievements, or noble qualities (OxfordLanguages). The brilliant novel, The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, calls for a true hero in the middle of a catastrophe. In this play, the religious town of Salem becomes involved in mass hysteria. Abigail Williams is an eighteen-year-old girl and the leader of these acts. Along with Abby, many other girls in the town become obsessed with partaking in accusing those of being witches.

Read More
797 Words | 4 Pages

"The only difference between the saint and the sinner is that every saint has a past and every sinner has a future." — Oscar Wilde. John Proctor was not a sinner, and he was not a saint. He was merely a human being. As such, human beings do things that they are not proud of, and they can accomplish some amazing tasks. This is something one can be positive about in life.

Read More
602 Words | 3 Pages

John Proctor is a simple man: he is married, owns a farm, and is not rich nor overly poor. However, his major flaw lies within his hubristic mindset; he would rather endure anything than sign away his honor, name and dignity. Although Proctor is a good man, he has sinned in the past in his affair with Abigail Williams, “I know how you clutched my back behind your house and sweated like a stallion whenever I come near!”(Miller 21) During any other time or place John’s sin would have no serious consequences, but the hysteria that was unfolding in Salem during the witch trials magnified the consequences of his simple sin. When Proctor told Abby that no one must find out about their secret sin and he can no longer love her, Abby becomes furious and the whole hysteria was set in motion.

Read More

More about John Proctor As A Hero In The Crucible By Arthur Miller

Related Topics

Open Document