well as dialogue to deepen readers’ understandings if all characters including John Proctor‚ his wife Elizabeth‚ and Mary Warren. The act opens eight days after the calling out has begun in John and his wife‚ Elizabeth’s‚ home. John walks inside‚ and immediately goes to the fire to check his dinner. He doesn’t like the taste‚ so he adds salt and quickly puts it back so his wife won’t know. This sneaky behavior shows that John and his wife are not in the best place right now; he fears of setting her‚
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Giles Corey tells Reverend Hale that Proctor does not believe in witches‚ but Proctor says he did not speak one way or another. Hale says that they cannot look to superstition in issues of witchcraft‚ because the Devil is precise. Parris admits to the dancing and the conjuring‚ while Goody Ann Putnam claims that
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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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children‚ and innocent others. John Proctor was a main character in trying to stop the hangings‚ and bring sense to people. He changed immensely in the play and movie. John starts the play as a calm‚ cool‚ homebody type individual that keeps to himself. He stays out of court and the drama that unfolds from it. He has regret and sorrow from the affair he had on his wife with Abigail‚ who is pointing at the “witches.” You can tell that John’s reputation means a lot to him. John starts to change half way
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and the book Night by Elie Wiesel. In the Crucible‚ John Proctor learns to deal with the Salem Witch Trials and in Night‚ Elie has to deal with the Holocaust. In the play Crucible by Arthur Miller‚ the PROTAGONIST John Proctor must deal with the woman he had an affair with and ANTAGONIST Abigail Williams. The SETTING of the book takes place in Salem‚ Massachusetts during the late 1600’s. The plays prove the quote is true because John Proctor must deal with the mass hysteria and false accusations
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how a group of girls dancing in a forest can be lead to lie and accuse by a vindictive character‚ the ‘ring leader’ Abigail Williams. Abigail is so blinded by jealousy and hatred towards her lovers wife‚ Elizabeth Proctor‚ that she attempts to curse Elizabeth so that one day she and John can be together. However‚ they were caught and because of the theocracy lifestyle of Puritan families‚ many people believed that they had been overpowered by the devil and so Abigail persuaded the other girls to lie
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Mary Warren tells Elizabeth and Proctor‚ “He sentenced her. He must. But not Sarah Good. For Sarah Good confessed‚ y’see” (Miller 28). The women that were willing to stand with their faith and keep their decency hung‚ which they believed was a better option than confessing to something they never did‚ only to live the rest of their lives hated under a watchful eye. Elizabeth Proctor is an astounding example of poise and integrity. In Act II she states‚ “John-I think I must go with them” (Miller
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Arthur Miller the character Reverend John Hale was a dynamic character. In the beginning of the Play Hale was a little cocky and thought that he was at a higher status than all the citizens in Salem. He looked at all of his fancy witchcraft books and used them for evidence more than the witness’s testimonies. He was stuck up and against anyone who doubted that the cause of the mysterious happenings in Salem was anything but witchery. It was‚ in part‚ his foolish pride that caused so many innocent people
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friends‚ and family. Some believe that life is too precious to sacrifice. John Proctor believed that his life was worth sacrificing and he chose to die in The Crucible. Though the character of Proctor is often praised for his integrity‚ is he helping his family by dying? His wife‚ sons‚ and unborn child will have to make it in the world without him. This is not an instance that would ultimately be worth dying for. What has John accomplished by dying? It seems as if the Salem witch trials have gotten
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many of the historical events are concentrated around the movies non-fictional relationship that Abigail Williams and John Proctor have. The movie is have many inaccurate elements that are not true to what really happened.The fictional romantic affair along with the overall exaggeration that Miller’s incoperates‚ was necessary to follow the Relationship of Abigail and Proctor. The most significant ways is through the innacurate historical events that are added to the movie‚ that ties
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