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    In Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible” a character name John Proctor comes into play in act one. John is a character who interacts with a lot of people and changes multiple times throughout “The Crucible” with the interactions that occur. At first John feels guilty about the affair from his past with, becomes honest about his affair in the past to save his wife Elizabeth, and at the end he becomes worried about his name and try’s to save it. John Proctor feels guilty in the beginning of

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    The Crucible by Arthur Miller, John Proctor is a local farmer in the town of Salem, he is quite known due to his high reputation of being well respected and even slightly feared. John is a man of his integrity, he is considered to have an honorable name in his community, but John also has a great disdain for hypocrisy, yet has a secret of his own. In Act 1, John is described to be in his mid-30’s and as well as “a kind man, powerful of body, even tempered, and not easily led” (Miller 19). John Proctor

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    Prynne or John Proctor? In The Crucible, John Proctor had a wife who was extremely ill. He committed adultery with the house servant, Abigail Williams, for that reason. Hester Prynne from The Scarlet Letter, was a beautiful woman living without her husband. The lonesome woman had an affair with Dimmesdale, the town’s reverend. Both John Proctor and Hester Prynne both went against the Puritan beliefs. However, John Proctor is guiltier of committing adultery compared to Hester Prynne and if John Proctor

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    The crucible is a story written by Arthur Miller, a play which takes place in Salem and where a lot of victims are accused in witchcraft. A girl named Abigail who is supposedly the main character in the story and she is in love with with a man named John Proctor. John proctor has a serious outlook on anything that involves him, his wife Elizabeth thinks that he is cheating when he really is but he never will admit to it. Abigail tries her best to separate him and Elizabeth so she can have John all

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    In "The Crucible" by Arthur Miller, John Proctor is a truthful, dedicated, and appreciative man. Proctor is the type of man that takes his pride and name more seriously than life itself, which leads to him becoming the tragic hero. Proctor plays a key role to the play and the outcome itself. Proctor tries to convince Deputy Governor Danforth and Judge Hathorns that Abigail is a liar, with the help of the testimony of Mary Warren. This back fires, he eventually confessed and was arrested, plus he

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    In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible it is clear that the development of the play is about John Proctor’s tragic condition. Miller uses this aspect to compel the audience to see why Proctor did what he did and to develop a sense of empathy for him. John Proctor overall is both flawed and honorable. He has a complete reversal of fate brought upon by his own flaw. John Proctor is a tragic hero because he contains all of the characteristics of a tragic hero, such as catharsis and hamartia, despite not being

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    John Proctor, an honest man when it comes to people being accused of witchcraft, which he knows is innocent, which makes him a hot tempered, courageous and sensible by his actions in The Crucible written by Arthur Miller Proctor has a hot temper when it comes to things he didn't approve of, for example the quote "without warning or hesitation, Proctor leaps at Abigail and grabbing her by her hair, pulls her to her feet. She screams in pain." In addition this quote represents that Proctor would

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    John Proctor at the beginning, of The Crucible, was a man who lust, he is very arrogant, rude, didn’t care too much about the world, and he also is a leader. Proctor was a man who could not take up ownership for his mistakes. He always blamed his mistakes on someone else. Yet, at the same time he also was the “leader” of the community. He was the go to guy for help or questions. In the movie, his personality traits came out more when he was having a human moment. Couple examples would be when he

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    John Proctor Crucible

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    John proctor is one of the main characters in the play “The Crucible” at first he is selfish and commits adultery with abigail but by the end of the play he definitely matures and takes blame for what he has done to his wife elizabeth, but also at the end of the play he is hung for being convicted of witchcraft during the salem witch trials in the year 1692 he could have taken the plea with his wife but would rather keep the only thing he had left, His name. Elizabeth Proctor told him she suspected

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    Even tho John proctor was the most admired he still had his dark moments just like everyone else. In the play the crucible john proctor was the most admired character not only for his attitude he betrays but also for the way he supported the town and treated everyone as was the opposite for abigail she was the most despised throughout the play not only for lying but also for being a cheater and bully. “ Because it is my name! Because I cannot have another in my life! Because I lie and sign myself

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