English 11 January 15th‚ 2003 John Proctor - the fair and noble character The novel The Crucible by Arthur Miller is about witchcraft and the accusations of witches in Salem‚ Massachusetts. One of the main characters in the story‚ which happens in the spring of 1692‚ is John Proctor‚ a farmer in his middle thirties. He is married to Elizabeth Proctor. It is not directly said‚ but they have at least two sons and a servant named Marry Warren. Because Proctor seems to be very religious‚ he really
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Brenda Mburu Mr. Martin English III 27 February 2013 From Powerless to Powerful In the crucible‚ written by Arthur Miller‚ the Salem Witch Trial of 1692 was a open trial where anyone can come and make accusations. The accusers gained an abundant of power over the court and over the accused. Since the girls‚ Abigail Williams‚ Betty Parris‚ Mary Warren‚ and Mercy Lewis started the accusations they went from having no power to being the most powerful characters. The witch trials empower individuals
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The Crucible: John Proctor and John Hale - Good Citizen vs. Good Person In The Crucible‚ Arthur Miller portrays the two main characters‚ John Proctor and Reverend John Hale as "good men". The term "good men" in this play is ambiguous. Reverend John Hale was a good man in the sense of being the perfect and good citizen of Massachusetts in the 1600 ’s. He was pious‚ adherent to the laws and beliefs‚ and a good Puritan Christian. John Proctor‚ on the contrary would not be considered the greatest
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After studying Arthur Miller’s play‚ The Crucible‚ I have come to the conclusion that the three people most to blame for the witch hysteria and the subsequent death of innocent people are Abigail Williams‚ Reverend Parris‚ and the judge Hathorne. Each of these people‚ in some way‚ caused harm to blameless people‚ and I will‚ in this essay‚ explain what these people‚ knowingly or unknowingly did to contribute to the death of the innocent people hanged as witches in Salem Village in 1692. Abigail
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John Proctor is one of the many real characters played in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible written in 1953. John is what some would call a tragic hero. He lived in a time period where any small act of sin could cost him his life. John naturally experience urges that men have to lust after a woman‚ that would be the downfall to his death. He was a prominent man who was a husband with children of his own. John cheated on his wife and felt unworthy‚ he then try to fix his wrong doing’s but only made
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ocial Responsibility Social responsibility encompasses everything from charity to volunteering to creating an ethical culture. In particular‚ most corporations have benefactors who receive funds and attention from the company. For example‚ Proctor & Gamble has contributed to Cincinnati Children ’s Hospital. Many corporations also organize charity races or fundraising drives for company-supported nonprofits. These efforts tie into a desire to give back. Accounting Accounting statements
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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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Hamlet begins with two guards‚ Bernardo and Francisco‚ as they keep watch of Elsinore. Bernardo relieves Francisco of his duty on watch and two other characters enter. Horatio and Marcellus arrive and engage in a discussion with Bernardo and Francisco about a figure they saw. The men believe that they saw a ghost. The ghost then appears in front of the men and is revealed to be the ghost of the late King Hamlet in a full suit of armor. The guards had previously attempted to speak with the ghost‚
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Kathia Nunez Mrs. Burns Eng. 11 1 Jan. 2012 Appearance vs. Reality Appearance vs. Reality is a prominent theme in The Crucible as some people are carried and blinded by appearance while others actually look at the facts‚ John Proctor and Elizabeth are not carried away by lies while Abigail and the rest of her friends are ignorant and spread lies. The town of Salem‚ Massachusetts went through a yearlong period of witch trials. A group of girls led by Abigail the reverend’s niece manipulated
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