about you when others talk about you. John Proctors attitude about his reputation is revealed when he is conflicted about lying. In the final scene of the play‚ Proctor’s conflict is he must decide what more important his reputation or his life. His choices are Danforth wants him to confess to witchcraft in order to be removed from prison. (Miller Act 3) When it is explained to him that he must sign a confession‚ Proctor hesitates. (Miller 211) Proctors choices relates to the importance of his reputation
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reputation and social status. During Act 4 when John Proctor is being persuaded to confess to witchcraft‚ an altercation about signing away Proctor’s name occurs. Reverend Parris argues‚ “It is a weighty name; it will strike the village that Proctor confess. I beg you‚ let him sign it…” (Miller 131) By saying‚ “it will strike the village that Proctor confess‚” Parris attempts to coax Judge Danforth into letting John sign his name. Parris believes that “Proctor‚” is a substantial name towards the town and
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mass hysteria. The reactions to the mass hysteria exacerbate the problem. In The Crucible‚ religion is woven into everyday life. If you did not follow one of the rules‚ that can be used as evidence for much greater sin‚ the exact result for John Proctor. In Salem during the witch trials‚ to be accused was to be guilty. To be guilty meant death. And the only way to avoid death was to confess. Reputation is the way that other people identify and see you. By being accused‚ your reputation is on the
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Guilt is shown when John proctor says to Abigail‚ “Speak my own sins‚ I cannot judge another‚ I have no tongue for it John Procter”. Guilt is shown in this quote when John Proctor is talking about his sins. In this second quote John Proctor is saying he is not worthy to stand up there with those innocent people‚ “I cannot mount the gibbet like a saint”. This quote shows guilt when John Proctor is saying he is not worthy
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important turning points in all the four acts. One of the main characters felt guilt throughout the play and this is‚ John Proctor; where the affair that he had with Abigail Williams behind his wife’s back completely destroyed him on the inside and out. Guilt and its role in the play somewhat controlled that characters and how they treated the other characters. The affair that Proctor was apart of was a crime that he could no longer hide‚ guilt built up causing him to lose his cool‚ leading him to fall
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accusing communism is similar to Governor Danforth and the Salem Witchcraft Trials are both being fueled by propaganda and misinformation. In his play he changes the hangings of three important names in the town Rebecca Nurse‚ Martha Corey‚ and John Proctor to all hang in at one date‚ and he also changes John Proctor’s life details. He used Salem as his example to show how in the Red Scare they were doing
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hang. Overall‚ the men choose what to believe and what to do after that such as the consequences. Only men are in the court‚ and the court is who decides the outcome of the situations. Abigail Williams had fallen for John Proctor and she happens to get super jealous when proctor wants to help his wife and is doing everything in his
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or lied to get her way out of trouble. Therefore Abigail is the cause of Witchcraft in Salem. “She wants me dead‚ John‚ you know it!” (lines 357) describing how Abigail has started conflict by spreading rumors about goody Proctor. Just because of what was told about Goody Proctor automatically
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John wants to tell the court what he knows in order to defend Elizabeth‚ but he worries as to how he would be able to prove that what Abigail said was false because they are alone when the conversation happens. Also‚ he is aware of the power she gains over the people in the court and in the village. By the end of the trails‚ Abigail does not get what she wants and Proctor is hanged for not falsely confessing to witchcraft. In A Streetcar Named Desire‚ When Stanley
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Through a sense of clear conscience or a reputation of name‚ anyone can self belong‚ and this must first be achieved before one can belong anywhere else. The protagonist‚ John Proctor‚ in The Crucible‚ by Arthur Miller‚ truly belongs only at time of death. His clear conscience provides him with a sense of self belonging before his hanging. Similarly I Freedom Writers‚ by Richard Lagravense‚ the Hispanic gang member‚ Eva‚ achieves a sense of personal identity and true belonging when she tells the
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