I find myself wanting to go to Salem almost everyday‚ the longing for Abigail is so strong‚ so hard to fight. I know I have to be strong against the urge. I am wanting so badly to be open with Elizabeth. But I a m not. I often find myself remembering the night with Abigail behind my house. My wife had gone into town‚ I was chopping wood‚ she had come out for company‚ for she was done with the work she was given. I had been watching her for a while. I could tell she had been as well‚ for the subtle
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A Character Analysis of John Proctor In order to maintain one’s dignity‚ one must assume the responsibility for one’s actions whatever the outcome. In Arthur Miller’s play “ The Crucible‚” John Proctor is a flawed character at the beginning of the play‚ but by the end he redeems himself and pays the ultimate price because he chooses to act by striving to uphold justice for his wife‚ his friends and himself. The righteous nature of John Proctor to always seek the truth and denounce those who abuse
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A crucible: A severe test or trial or a pot where metals are melted under a high heat. When things are under extreme stress or pressure they change into something else and react in different ways. People can change just like metals do in crucibles. They can change personalities do things that no one expected them to do. Reverend Parris‚ Reverend Hale‚ and John Proctor in The Crucible‚ changed under pressure and did things that were unexpected when they were were under great pressure. Reverend Parris’s
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Who is John Proctor? Is he is a hero‚ a villain‚ a conqueror? Some may think he is craven‚ but others may credit him with great fortitude. This brave man was one of many who died for what he believed in. Although many people tried to persuade him to do otherwise‚ he stood his ground and died an innocent man. John had many reasons for choosing what he did. At first he was going to confess to save his life and be with his family. When Danforth made him sign the paper so he could post it on the Church
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The Scarlet Letter and The Crucible - Comparison of Proctor and Dimmesdale The decisions made by the character John Proctor‚ in The Crucible‚ and by Arthur Dimmesdale‚ in The Scarlet Letter‚ were very much alike. Throughout the entirety of both books‚ the similarities and differences between these two male characters‚ and the environments in which they lived‚ seemed to reflect back and forth quite generously. Also‚ the societies in which John Proctor and Arthur Dimmesdale lived in have a fair amount
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The Crucible written by Arthur Miller is a play about Witchcraft that is set in Salem‚ Massachusetts in 1692. In the past‚ people were accused of witchcraft for unexplainable things. If someone was found practicing witchcraft‚ that person will be hanged. People who were accused of witchcraft had to make popular choices instead of the right choices for them to keep living. Accusations are put upon people so they could get away with trouble. And so the choices that the people had to make were important
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Abigail threatens to accuse yet another innocent soul of witchcraft in her plot to have him to herself‚ John Proctor breaks forth‚ shouting‚ “It [Abigail] is a whore!... I have made a bell of my honor! I have rung the doom of my good name—you will believe me‚ Mr. Danforth! My wife is innocent‚ except she knew a whore when she saw one!” (Miller 3.3). John Proctor‚ the protagonist of the play‚ The Crucible‚ by Arthur Miller‚ has an affair with Abigail Williams‚ a seventeen-year-old orphan‚ which culminates
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man does not become a hero until he can see the root of his own downfall.” In The Crucible by Arthur Miller‚ the protagonist John Proctor is a tragic hero as defined by Aristotle. Proctor makes mistakes and eventually admits what he has done‚ which leads to his death. Tragic heroes must have certain characteristics‚ including error of judgement‚ a reversal of fortune‚ recognition that their actions bring the reversal of fortune‚ excessive pride‚ and a fate greater than deserved. John Proctor shows
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deserved is the main trait of an Aristotelian Tragic Hero. John Proctor- the main protagonist in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible - is the quintessential Tragic Hero. His error of judgment‚ his pride gets in the way of good choices‚ his weaknesses only serve to engender empathy to the audience‚ his spirituality gets wounded by his experience‚ and he‚ in the end‚ make a decision‚ usually involving life or death. Although a good‚ Christian man‚ Proctor is tempted and gives into that temptation when Abigail
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audience". (www.kysu.edu) In The Crucible by Arthur Miller John Proctor is by definition a tragic hero. The first characteristic of a tragic hero was "Noble stature: since tragedy involves the ’fall’ of a tragic hero... one must have a lofty position to fall from‚ or else there is not tragedy." (www.kysu.edu) John Proctor of The Crucible had noble stature. "Proctor was one of the strongest opposers of the Reverend Parris. As you know the most vocal of a crowd‚ as John Proctor was of the group that disliked
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