In the short play, The Crucible, by Arthur Miller The character John Proctor also known as Goody Proctor is both a husband and father and a mild aged farmer in his thirties. He is the protagonist of Arthur Miller 's play. The play is set in the puritanical town of Salem and expectations of their cultural background which is Christianity. Proctor’s main motivation is to protect his wife and family after committing adultery to Abigail and to prove his wife not guilty of witchcraft. He isn’t overly religious but he is a stubborn outspoken man. “ He was kind of man powerful of body, even tempered, and not easily led.” (Miller 20.) Yet do to his affair with Abigail he is trying to keep his family safe.Proctor tells Abigail, “ you’ll put me out