John Proctor Character Analysis Essay
John Proctor, one of the main characters in The Crucible, is remorseful, candid, and industrious. Arthur Miller created John Proctor to be a likeable character. He is a flawed character who tries to make what he did wrong, right. Even though John and Elizabeth Proctor are still having a hard time dealing with his mistake, the reader can still recognize that he is a personable man.
There is always something that will be in the back of John Proctors mind throughout his life. He had an affair with Abigail Williams while he was married to Elizabeth Proctor. Proctor is extremely remorseful about what he did to betray his wife. Proctor says, “I have gone tiptoe all seven month since she is gone. I have not moved from there to there without I think …show more content…
to please you, and still an everlasting funeral marches round your heart. I cannot speak but I am doubted, every moment judged for lies, as though I come into a court when I come into this house” (Act II pg.1270). This quote shows that Proctor wishes for his wife to forgive him for what he did, but she does not forgive him easily. He tries to please her as much as possible, but that won’t help. Proctor greatly remorse’s his actions.
Although John Proctor is remorseful about his affair, he is an exceptionally candid man.
After his affair he wanted to be a more truthful man than he was. Towards the end of the play Proctor is confessing to witchcraft, but refuses to involve anyone else. He discovered that the church was going to post his confession on the church door so he ripped the document in pieces. Proctor says, “Because it is my name! Because I cannot have another lie in my life! Because I lie and sign myself to lies! Because I am not worth the dust on the feet of them that hang! How may I live without my name? I have given you my soul; leave my name!” (Act IV pg.1333) This quote shows that all he has left it his name.
Proctor is not a stranger to hard work. He is an industrious man when it comes to his farm. His wife, Elizabeth Proctor, says, “My husband is a good and righteous man. He's never drunk, as some are, nor wasting his time at the shovelboard, but always at his work” (Act III pg.1310) This quote shows that Elizabeth is proving that her husband is not a lazy man and is determined to make his farm as successful as possible. He is always working around the house and on the farm.
In the play, The Crucible, John Proctor is a remorseful, candid, and an industrious man. The author, Arthur Miller, created John Proctor so the readers would like him. Proctor has flaws that he tries to fix, but still has a hard time with his wife, Elizabeth. Arthur Miller makes sure the reader still can see John Proctor as a likeable man after his
flaws.
There is always something that will be in the back of John Proctors mind throughout his life. He had an affair with Abigail Williams while he was married to Elizabeth Proctor. Proctor is extremely remorseful about what he did to betray his wife. Proctor says, “I have gone tiptoe all seven month since she is gone. I have not moved from there to there without I think …show more content…
to please you, and still an everlasting funeral marches round your heart. I cannot speak but I am doubted, every moment judged for lies, as though I come into a court when I come into this house” (Act II pg.1270). This quote shows that Proctor wishes for his wife to forgive him for what he did, but she does not forgive him easily. He tries to please her as much as possible, but that won’t help. Proctor greatly remorse’s his actions.
Although John Proctor is remorseful about his affair, he is an exceptionally candid man.
After his affair he wanted to be a more truthful man than he was. Towards the end of the play Proctor is confessing to witchcraft, but refuses to involve anyone else. He discovered that the church was going to post his confession on the church door so he ripped the document in pieces. Proctor says, “Because it is my name! Because I cannot have another lie in my life! Because I lie and sign myself to lies! Because I am not worth the dust on the feet of them that hang! How may I live without my name? I have given you my soul; leave my name!” (Act IV pg.1333) This quote shows that all he has left it his name.
Proctor is not a stranger to hard work. He is an industrious man when it comes to his farm. His wife, Elizabeth Proctor, says, “My husband is a good and righteous man. He's never drunk, as some are, nor wasting his time at the shovelboard, but always at his work” (Act III pg.1310) This quote shows that Elizabeth is proving that her husband is not a lazy man and is determined to make his farm as successful as possible. He is always working around the house and on the farm.
In the play, The Crucible, John Proctor is a remorseful, candid, and an industrious man. The author, Arthur Miller, created John Proctor so the readers would like him. Proctor has flaws that he tries to fix, but still has a hard time with his wife, Elizabeth. Arthur Miller makes sure the reader still can see John Proctor as a likeable man after his
flaws.