John Proctor fears his name’s identity‚ which is evident near the end of the play when he resists Deputy Danforth and Reverend Hale’s posting his name on the church door‚ accusing him of witchcraft (IV.712-717). John Proctor is Elizabeth Proctor’s husband‚ who involved in an affair with Abigail Williams when she was still working as the Proctor’s maid. Elizabeth fires Abigail‚ once she realizes her maid and her husband’s covert relationship. Elizabeth’s dismissal causes Abigail to become very angry
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In The Crucible Parris is worried about his reputation. Parris’s daughter is in a coma after the scene‚ Betty‚ Abigail‚ and a few other girls were caught performing witchcraft acts. John Proctor is another character worried about his reputation. Proctor is worried about his good name being ruined. (ACT IV) Proctor didn’t want any documents of his name being put out to his town to ruin his reputation as well as his wife
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tarnished such as John Proctor. Proctor had a moment where his reputation would be ruined‚ he was accused of witchcraft and sentenced to be hanged. He had the chance between falsifying himself and regain the respect and safety of his reputation or lie to save himself. The author Arthur Miller‚ portrays the struggle of John Proctor fighting to live with the guilt of lying to escape death or to save his reputation and die with an untarnished name. Throughout the story‚ Proctor doesn’t care about
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How does John Proctor’s great dilemma change during this play? Proctor and his Dilemma is very interesting because all his Dilemmas are pretty much a sequel to the first. His Dilemmas are a more advanced version of a lot of peoples’ dilemmas in Salem‚ which go from adultery to religion and then witchcraft. Proctor is respected in the town as a very honest man but his problems with adultery‚ religion and witchcraft really change him throughout the story. Proctor is well respected in Salem but one
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John reverend hale is a character from the famous book of Arthur miller the crucible which is based on Salem witch hunts and trials in Massachusetts during 1950’s. John reverend hale is a witch craft expert who was called by a priest reverend parries to help her daughter betty parries as she was assumed to be in the devil hands after she was caught dancing and practicing witchcraft in the woods with reverend parries’s nephew Abigail Williams by reverend parries . Since john reverend hale
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things that we didn’t do. Maybe it was something big‚ like cheating on a test‚ or stealing something. Maybe is was something small‚ like eating the last cookie or leaving the light on when you leave the house. John proctor’s wife‚ Elizabeth Proctor‚ was accused of the ultimate crime; witchcraft. John underwent many changes during this play. At first‚ he was trying to hide the relationship that he had with Abigale. As the play progressed‚ he began to lay everything on the line to save his wife and her unborn
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The Crucible John Proctor’s Major Change One of the characters in “The Crucible” that undergoes a major change is John Proctor. Proctor is one of the most important characters and he gradually changes throughout the course of the play. At the start of the play John Proctor has a strong willed personality and shows good leadership and authority. Through the changes that he makes‚ Proctor becomes a better person who finds a sense of goodness in himself. John Proctor goes from being someone who
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In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible‚ the readers are faced with John‚ Abigail and Elizabeth’s love triangle and its impact on the Salem witch trials. In The Crucible‚ the responsibility for the Salem tragedy falls on the shoulder of the three main characters‚ because each character’s action takes part in a chain reaction‚ which‚ ultimately‚ leads to the tragedy. This can be proven by Abigail’s manipulative nature‚ Elizabeth’s coldness‚ and John’s abuse of power and lack of self-control. Abigail’s manipulations
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many characters who stayed the same throughout the entire story‚ and there were others who changed. One of the characters who changed over the course of the play was John Proctor. He was an upstanding citizen in the community with one fatal flaw‚ his shame in sleeping with his servant‚ Abigail Williams. Over the course of the play‚ Proctor fights his guilt over what he did and faces whether or not to tell the court as he watches Abigail tear the lives of the people in the community apart. In the beginning
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Reverend John Hale is an ignorant witch hunter and is first seen in the play to examine Betty. When he arrives at Parris’ residence‚ he is very proud because the public finally has some use for his life’s work. Hale enters carrying huge books and is very knowledgeable about the topic. Initially‚ Hale is the driving force behind all the witchcraft trials and convictions. Additionally‚ he encourages anyone he can to testify against accused witches. Throughout the play‚ he believes Abigail is rightfully
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