A reputation is the beliefs or opinions that are generally held about someone or something. In fear of tarnishing one's reputation, individuals tends to go to extreme lengths in order to protect it. In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, the actions and choices of John Proctor, Reverend Samuel Parris and Abigail Williams serve to prove this to the audience. First of all, John Proctor will protect his reputation at all costs, even if it ultimately ends his life. Second, Reverend Parris will stop at nothing to keep his authority, even if he has to sacrifice his faith.
The Sins of John Proctor John Proctor Lust Wrath Pride John proctor, a quiet, yet respected member of the community in Arthur Miller's play The Crucible, commits many sins such as lust, wrath, and pride. First, John’s foolish past comes back to haunt him when Abigail Williams brings up memories of their past love life, showing John to be a lustful and unloyal husband. When John goes into town to see what all the talk is about a flying girl. Abigail, Who is still in love with John, brings up past memories of the things they did together. John tells her “Abby, I never gave you hope to wait for me.”
There has come a time in everyone’s life when their character was called into question, or someone accused them wrongly of something they did not do. This puts a person’s morality on the line and tests whether they will do what’s best for them or the masses. The Crucible by Arthur Miller shows the characters John Proctor, Deputy Governor Danforth, and Abigail Williams going through this same test. The play provides a narrative on how people choose to value their own reputation and honor over protecting the lives of themselves and others.
In the play The Crucible, the character John Proctor has a conflict with himself of maintaining his reputation and not ruining his own name. To begin, in act 1 John Proctor had a conversation with Abigail where she remembered him the affair but Proctor tried to maintain a position saying “I will cut off my hand before I’ll ever reach you again”(Miller 23) and when she kept talking about Proctor’s wife, he got upset and end with a “do you looking for whippin?”(Miller 24). This shows us that Proctor doesn’t want to remember this event that could ruin his reputation or relationship with his wife. Second, in Act 2 Elizabeth told Proctor to go testify against Abigail and prove that they were lying ,Proctor just answered with a “I’ll think on it”(Miller 53) and admitting
In The Crucible Reverend Parris expresses that Mr. Proctor’s name is of great importance in Salem. In The Crucible it states, “It is a weighty name; it will strike the village that Proctor confess” (4. 658-659). This quote shows that with Mr. Proctor’s name on a confession it would help people realize that witchcraft is, indeed, real. With this realization, the witchcraft trials would regain its support from the people of
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.
Arthur Miller, the author of The Crucible, analogizes Salem to a crucible with violent witchcraft accusations and chaotic events predominating everyone’s lives. For instance, the protagonist, John Proctor, is forced to make a choice at the end of Act Four—to falsely confess of communicating with the Devil and live to take care of his family, or to be convicted and have a pure reputation. Proctor’s ultimate decision to deny the false confession is virtuous because it restricts his inner guilt, saves his reputation, and shows a valiant stance against the insanity of Salem’s witch trials. John Proctor’s affair with Abigail Williams haunts him with internal guilt and tarnishes his reputation, but his decision to sacrifice his life solves these
(Miller ). This shows how he didn’t want any of his friends to get into trouble Conclusion: In conclusion, the salem witch trails were one of the most embarrassing moment in history the story the crucible written by miller shows how people can throw away their good judgement to be consumed my conficious stories of witches john proctor was accused of witch craft and decided to end his life instead of living a life of lies. John proctor did not want a display of his signature, He did not want to ask for forgivness, and he didn’t want to confess in court because he doesn’t want a lie put upon his
The Crucible written by Arthur Miller takes place in the 1700s during the Salem Witch Trials. All of the citizens in the town are extremely concerned with maintaining a clean and respectable reputation. After all, as they are Puritans, they are all concerned with dedicating their lives on Earth to God, so when they die, hopefully they will be welcomed into God’s kingdom. The Witch Trials provided people with a chance to falsely accuse their neighbors of witchcraft because they wanted revenge on them for the way they had treated them. John Proctor, Reverend Samuel Parris, and Judge Danforth are all characters obsessed with maintaining a good reputation in the eyes of Puritan society.
In "The Crucible," maintaining one's reputation is a widespread theme that influences the actions of several characters. The pursuit of a positive reputation becomes a motivating factor, allowing characters to make choices that may at times contradict their morals or the truth. A quote that shows how the characters in this play are worried about their reputation is "I have fought here three long years to bend these stiff-necked people to me, and now, just now when some good respect is rising for me in the parish, you compromise my very character." Reverend Parris. Parris expressed concern about how his reputation will be affected by the accusations of witchcraft in his household.
In the Crucible, reputation could be seen as the driving force of the play. One could see that reputation can affect a character in an extreme manner, to the point where they make sudden drastic decisions that will protect their good name, but affect either themselves or others in a negative way. Such as how John Proctor dies for his name, or how Danforth lies and has others executed to protect himself, or lastly, how Parris lets Abigail blab because he realises his home may be the source of the problem. To begin, John Proctor, the protagonist in The Crucible, is an extremely reputable man. Proctor would do anything in his ability to protect his reputation.
In the crucible by Arthur Miller, the character John Proctor seeks to protect his and his family’s reputation. However, this becomes a difficult task because the community has sought to destroy him. Lies begin being told about Elizabeth (John’s wife) being a witch. Because Proctor is trying to save his family’s reputation, he chose to die a man suspected of witchcraft than actually confess to it. Eventually the whole community joins in on the process of tearing apart John Proctor and his family’s reputation.
ohn Proctor as the plays tragic hero is honest, responsible, and blunt- spoken. Proctors a good man but he is sneaky. His lust for Abigail William led to an affair. Causing Abigail to get jealous of his wife.
The Salem witch trials were a series of court trials held during the colonial times in Salem Village, Massachusetts. Up to twenty people were executed by hanging after being accused of witchcraft. Arthur Miller’s The Crucible is a play that retells the stories of the Salem witch trials while incorporating some a few of Miller’s imaginative ideas. One of the major driving forces in The Crucible is coveting a good name because in the town of Salem, one’s good name holds him at a high status and ties in to his credibility. With that, reputation has proven to be a vital theme in the play, shown by John Proctor’s actions in court and Reverend Parris’ fear of a tarnished name.
The novel being discussed is ‘The Great Gatsby’ written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The character being portrayed in this task is Jay Gatsby or James Gatz (former name) he is a very mysterious and suspicious individual and is the main character in the novel. He is in love with a woman named Daisy, who he met 5 years ago and was planning to marry but had to leave her and sail for war, he promised to return but was too late as she had married Tom Buchannan. He then traveled all over Europe, sulking in his sorrows, trying to forget Daisy. He then bought a house on West Egg across the lake from Daisy’s house.
