PARAGRAPH or 1: Introduction & Thesis From class reflection on April 21, 2015, I concluded that a tragic hero is a normal person, who recognizes his/her own failures. It can be a person that is good but has flaws. The hero has to have flawed judgement,-- he or she doesn’t know all the answers, they have to take a risk. It is not fate, but his/her own decisions that causes the downfall, the downfall is his/her own fault. This makes the hero suffer more than he/she is supposed too. The tragic hero dies as a tragic death. The hero makes a mistake that cannot be fix. Tragic hero usually has a physical, emotional or mental problems with him/herself. The hero must be intelligent, so they can realize the mistakes. Main characters in two of Arthur …show more content…
The first qualification for a tragic hero is trying to be a normal person. He lived in Salem, Massachusetts, which is in the year 1692. He was a farmer in his middle thirties “Proctor is always marked for calumny therefore” (Miller, “The Crucible” 20). Proctor says it’s a false statement. He’s a normal person because he well respected, kind and only works on his land. Proctor says “Proctor, respected and even feared in Salem, has come to regard himself as a kind of fraud” (Miller “The Crucible” 21). This quote explains that other people deceives him of being claimed or being …show more content…
Proctor doesn’t think it’s his fault for having an affair with Abigail. Abigail says “She is blackening my name in the village! She is telling lies about me! She is a cold, sniveling woman, and you bend to her! Let her turn you like a--” (Miller “The Crucible” 23-24). Abigail is only telling the village because she wants Proctor to be hanged just like the others who thought they were controlled by the devil. The fourth qualification for a tragic hero is the hero suffering more than he or she supposed too. John Proctor suffers from having the affair with Abigail and breaking their religion with God and lying to his wife, Mary Warren, he wants his good name and dignity back. He refuses to save his life by confessing and naming other names. But the only way he could live if he confess. The fifth qualification for a tragic hero is a hero who makes mistakes that cannot be fix. He faces defeat when the court officials come to take Elizabeth away. Proctor is so infuriated by his assault on his house that he rips the warrant and tells them to leave rather forcefully saying, “Damn the Deputy Governor! Out of my house!” (Miller “The Crucible” 77). This quote demonstrates his intense love for his