criticize the Red Scare‚ involves a theme which focuses on how the characters change as an effect of the intensity and hysteria of the town’s witch trials. Elizabeth Proctor and Reverend Hale‚ two major characters in the play‚ experience internal changes as the play progresses due to the individual pressures of the witch trials. Elizabeth Proctor faces the test of having been accused as a witch‚ having her husband be accused and condemned as a witch‚ and trying to move past her husband’s affair with
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Integrity is achieved through the gaining of wisdom; the gaining of wisdom is a direct result of failure. Arthur Miller wrote the moralizing drama‚ The Crucible‚ in this play the main character John Proctor was wrongly accused of witchcraft and served the death penalty along with two others. The story of John Proctor was indirectly summarized by the American author William Saroyan when he said‚ "Good people...are good because they ’ve come to wisdom through failure‚" meaning that a person willing to sacrifice
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Crucible‚ tells the story of the John Proctor and the many accusations made during the Salem Witch Trials‚ leading up to the accusation against Proctor. John Proctor‚ who is married to Elizabeth Proctor‚ had an affair with the much younger Abigail Williams while she was a servant in the Proctor house a year prior to the story. This affair led to Elizabeth firing Abigail‚ and both Abigail’s affection toward John and her hatred toward Elizabeth growing much bigger. Before John is accused of witchcraft by
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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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this village like a bridegroom to his beloved‚ bearing gifts of high religion; the very crowns of holy law I brought‚ and what I touched with my bright confidence‚ it died; and where I turned the eye of my great faith‚ blood flowed up. Beware‚ Goody Proctor - cleave to no faith when faith brings blood. It is mistaken law that leads you to sacrifice. Life‚ woman‚ life is God’s most precious gift; no principle‚ however glorious‚ may justify the taking of it. I beg you‚ woman‚ prevail upon your husband
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cannot break charity with your minister. You are another kind‚ John. Clasp his hand‚ make your peace.” (Act 1) 1. Speaker: Rebecca Nurse 2. To whom the speaker is talking to: John Proctor 3. Content: Rebecca Nurse interrupted Proctor when Proctor said to Parris in front of the people at church that he would join the faction which against authority and Parris himself when Parris tried to assert his religious authority over Proctor. 4. Thematic importance: This quotation illuminates the Puritan
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Persuasive Essay: John Proctor John Proctor was a farmer in seventeenth century Massachusetts. He was married to Elizabeth Proctor. John Proctor was a leader not a follower. He was a man that everyone in the town looked up to. Proctor was a both strong physically and mentally strong. John Proctor was an extremely proud man‚ and many were aware of it . John Proctor wants to have a good character and reputation and he sees how important that is. John Proctor‚ to me‚ is a hero. Proctor’s
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Miller’s work properly illustrates how some characters‚ such as Elizabeth Proctor and John Hale‚ grow and subsequently improve relationships amongst themseleves as a result of interactions that provide opportunities for changes in ideals and relationships; while other individuals‚ like Judge Danforth‚ do not. Elizabeth Proctor‚ wife of John Proctor‚ goes through a transformation because of the happenings of the
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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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who took the time to come by and say goodbye to my husband. I remember the first time I met John‚ we were young kids. He always looked after me because I was too weak and clumsy to take care of myself. We were best friends and I fell in love with him. He was hardworking‚ and never told I lie. That is what I liked most about him. After a few years I married him‚ and I was overjoyed‚ for I truly loved John and still do. He was a good Christian of Salem‚ he took part in the church and hung the door
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