as a one-sided personality. Each person has multiple faces‚ multiple identities. Such is the case of John Proctor. Proctor is one of the key characters in Arthur Miller’s satirical play “The Crucible”. Set in 1692‚ the play is based on the true story of the Salem witch-hunt‚ described by Miller as “one of the strangest and most awful chapters in human history”. Upon his first appearance‚ John Proctor is presented as a rational‚ honest man; however‚ it soon becomes apparent that great guilt lies beneath
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executed. In The Crucible‚by Arthur Miller‚ John proctor is seen as a Tragic Hero because he is able to overcome his flaw ‚but his pride led to his death. In the play‚ it shows that ordinary people can be a Tragic Hero. A Tragic Hero is a literary character who makes an error of judgement or has a fatal flaw that is combined with fate and external forces‚ that bring on a tragedy. During the play the crucible‚ a play written by Arthur miller‚ the character John Proctor suffers a change in lust ‚ from being
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Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy are dynamic characters in the story Pride and Prejudice‚ they were made for each other. Elizabeth Bennet was a supportive person to her sisters and also to her friends. Elizabeth and her sister Jane Bennet were each other voice
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Creon‚ a Dynamic Character who Instigates Emotions Sophocles is one of the three most revered Ancient Greek playwrights. His works are complex‚ captivating‚ and are still studied to this day‚ over 2400 years after his death. In Antigone‚ Sophocles manages to make Creon a complex character that evokes emotional responses in the readers and forms an emotional attachment with them. It is unusual to go through different feelings about characters as most characters are not developed enough to exhibit
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John Proctor in the Crucible The novel The Crucible takes place in a small town in Massachusetts named Salem. The town is extremely strict and there is little you can do‚ so everyone lives under serious morals. Throughout the story there is a lot of accusing‚ betrayal‚ and hysteria over witch craft after three girls are found playing in the woods. Since‚ Betty‚ reverend Parris’ daughter‚ ends up being ill after that incident they blame it on witchcraft. John Proctor is a farmer who is married to
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John Proctor was a main character in Arthur Miller’s "The Crucible." He was a farmer in Salem‚ Massachusetts in the 1600’s. He was put to death when he would not admit to practicing witchcraft. Minister Dimmesdale was a main character in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s "The Scarlet Letter." He fathered a child out of wedlock in a sinful relationship‚ and fell to his death when he couldn’t take the guilt any longer. John Proctor and Minister Dimmesdale had several things in common‚ but also had several
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A tragic hero is a character in a work of fiction who commits an action or makes a mistake which eventually leads to his or her defeat. A tragic hero characteristics include pity and fear‚ relatability‚ goodness‚ hamartia‚ and consistency. John Proctor is definitely a tragic hero and he shows this in many ways in The Crucible by Arthur Miller through means of catharsis and a tragic flaw‚ hamartia. John Proctor is an honest‚ blunt-spoken‚ overall good person with one fatal flaw. In the play‚ he starts
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DOMINIQUE FRANCON One of the most dynamic characters of The Fountainhead is Dominique Francon‚ the daughter of Guy Francon and eventual wife to Howard Roark. Rand created Dominique for the purpose to exaggerate the imbalance between men of collectivist and individualist ideals. In the beginning of the novel‚ Dominique is a lost soul - desiring something unknown‚ ambiguous with her emotions‚ and contempt with life - which leads her to experience men from both views. With Peter Keating and Gail
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Question 2: When it comes to Iago‚ there is a great difference between how the characters perceive him‚ how we perceive him and how he perceives himself. Using evidence‚ discuss the three differing viewpoints and explore Iago’s duplicitous nature. Is he a flat or dynamic character? Humans are born with a natural capacity for good and evil. As an individual develops‚ he or she is taught to distinguish between the two in order to strengthen a sense of right and wrong. Through Shakespeare’s play
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of the events. John Proctor and Elizabeth were forced to make some popular choices but they often made the right choices for the benefit of others. John and Elizabeth Proctor were forced to make the right choices‚ but there were negative consequences‚ which affect the people around them. John is forced to make the right choice‚ in order to protect and save the
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