in love with John Proctor‚ whom she has an affair with. John is married to Elizabeth and when she finds out that John is sleeping with another woman‚ Abigail‚ she fires her from being their maid. Abigail’s hates Elizabeth’s guts‚ she will do anything to get rid of her and have John all to herself. Abigail came up with this idea if Elizabeth is out of the picture‚ maybe then her and John could be together.
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How far do you agree that John Proctor is a tragic hero? John Proctor‚ the main character in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible can be classified as a tragic hero. The term tragic hero was made by Aristotle who was a Greek philosopher that lived between 384BC and 322BC. He said that the main characteristics that a character must have to be a tragic hero is having a noble status‚ a flaw that will lead to their downfall when they make a mistake‚ the audience must be able to feel empathy towards the character
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The Crucible by Arthur Miller gives in depth detail about John Proctor‚ the protagonist‚ and how he reacts to accusations of witchcraft. John Proctor went through a lot throughout the story‚ from cheating on his wife with Elizabeth‚ to his wife being accused of witchcraft‚ and later being accused of it himself. John was the only sensible man at the time‚ blatantly disagreeing with accusations and signs of witchcraft; this is dangerous for the government is going through extensive measures to get
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11 F December 7th‚ 2010 Character analysis: John Proctor John Proctor John Proctor is the leading role‚ also known as the protagonist‚ in The crucible by Arthur Miller. John Proctor is the play’s tragic hero; a good man with one fatal flaw that eventually leads to his fall. John Proctor is honest‚ resolute‚ & upright. He is a man with pride. At the opening of the play‚ the narrator portrays the real direct characterization of John‚ "The steady manner he displays does not come from
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John Proctor is the tragic hero of The Crucible. Although he can be cast as the hero‚ John Proctor causes his tragic face by the end of the play. He had risked his life for others. Caring for others and he had risked his life for someone really important then him. Even his wife‚ Elizabeth Proctor. John Proctor had risked his life for the people who were in penitentiary. He could have said he seen the other penitentiary who was in jail. That has seen them with the Devil like what Betty‚ Abigail and
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Kate-Lynn Gomerich M. Haddou English 12C Individual Character Project November 22‚ 2014 John Proctors Role in “The Crucible” To be puritan is to be pure of any physical or mental pleasure; when pressure built the citizens of Salem massed into a frenzy of noose casting. Only to realize the heavy weight of truth as a course rope began to constrict around their necks. In “The Crucible” a story taking place in Salem‚ Massachusetts: the restricting ways of puritan life began to take their toll on the
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Through point of view‚ the audience enters the story through the mind of a madman‚ a man that if the audience had a choice‚ would keep their distance from. Through theme‚ the venom of revenge is pierced into the minds of the readers. Through internal conflict‚ the readers are forced to take a deeper look into the story to figure out Montresor. “The Cask of the Amontillado” is the best short story we have read because its elements lead us on an exciting journey. In this story‚ the point of view makes
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Macbeth‚ there are a wide variety of conflicts ranging from internal to external. Macbeth struggles with the choice of getting what he truly desires at the cost of people’s lives or just being content and not having the weight of guilt on his shoulders. His choice however of getting what he wants ultimately leads to conflicts within himself and with others. The conflicts from the play are Macbeth vs. his own ambition‚ guilt‚ and with Lady Macbeth. Macbeth’s internal struggle with his ambition starts
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exposes him when people who he trusts plot a conspiracy against him. Shakespeare develops plot by using the internal and external conflicts of Brutus to illustrate how honesty overpowers greed. Shakespeare further develops the plot of The Tragedy of Julius Caesar through the internal conflicts of Brutus and displays a theme that honor is more influential than avarice. One of Brutus’ internal conflicts is deciding on whether to keep his friendship with Caesar and trust he will be an effective leader for
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To what extent does John Proctor conform to the ideal tragic hero in “The Crucible”? The most well known definition of a tragic hero comes from the philosopher‚ Aristotle. When explaining a tragic hero‚ Aristotle states "The change in the hero’s fortunes be not from misery to happiness‚ but on the contrary‚ from happiness to misery‚ and the cause of it must not lie in any depravity but in some great error on his part." Also‚ he explains the four essential qualities that a tragic hero should possess
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