In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, the character John Proctor is a good man. He is a good man because even though he was aware of the consequences to come, he still eventually confessed his sins to the court in order to protect his wife. He is also a good man because he eventually chose to be hanged rather than having his name smeared for a crime he did not commit. John Proctor knew the consequences he would have to face by confessing that he committed the sin, adultery, to the court. Although it was not his initial plan to confess, he does so in order to protect his wife, Elizabeth.
Proctors action s reveal his inner strength. For example, when John tears his testimony he is giving his life away. Proctor action’s not common because he is a brave man who cares about his family. In Salem no body else would have dared defy authority because they are afraid to die by the injustices of the town. John Proctor choose to go against the judge s orders for the reputation of his family can be ruin because of his action.
John Proctor tried to keep his affair with Abigail from the court as long as possible until he pretty much had to break down and confess it. But instead of Abigail and the witch trials being exposed as a lie, Proctor is called a liar and then accused of witchcraft by the court. His sins being exposed destroyed him. THE CRUCIBLE is an excellent play that combines three basic ingredients for chaos. There wouldn't be any chaos without ideological insecurity, economic self-interest, and personal indiscretion throughout the characters.
When Proctor had to go to the court to get his wife out of being accused of upholding witchcraft he eventually confess to his sins he committed. Talking to Danforth, Proctors says “I lusted, and there is a promise in such sweet. But it is a whore’s vengeance, and you must see it; I set myself entirely in your hands” (page 49 act three) confessing to the crime he did. He realizes what he did was wrong which was why he tried to hide it for so long. But the only way for
The first reason is that because Abigail Williams is extremely manipulative and vindictive. Abigail tries to get Procter to pity her saying, “You loved me, John Proctor, and whatever sin it is, you love me yet! John, pity me, pity me!” (Miller 22). Abigail wants Procter to pity and give her what she wants, regardless that his wife caught them once and can catch them again. Another reason their relationship is dangerous is that if John Procter were to prosecute against Abigail Williams saying that she is in fact a witch, Abigail Williams could very easily tell the entire town that she and Procter have been having an affair to get revenge on him.
When john takes Mary to the court so she can testify against the girls they think it’s a bit suspicious. When the girls are brought into the court they accuse Mary of bewitching them. John gets fed up and he confesses to his affair with Abigail to prove that she is not a goodly person and that she is jealous of his wife. Elizabeth is brought to the court to prove of what john is saying is true but because of her kindness and her love for her husband she lies to protect his name. Abigail and the girls pretend Mary is bewitching them again which make Mary breakdown and accuse john of being a witch.
Reverend Hale realized that the girls were lying and accuse people for vengeance. John realize that his name is not worth a life. John Proctor is the most important character because he’s the person who made the witch trial possible by having an affair with Abigail. Another reason is that he tried to save everyone from being
Abigail realizes that by giving the names of people she saw with the devil she can control Salem because she has a good name and people will listen to her. June Schlueter and James K. Flanagan claim “.A shrewd opportunist, she turns her own violation of Salem law into an occasion for naming those for whom she has little liking and, in so doing, transforms herself into a local heroine.” (116) John Proctor knows that Abigail is controlling Salem with her accusations and recognizes that the only way to stop her is to sully her good name. When Abigail accuses John’s wife of witchcraft, he becomes enraged and claims “It is a whore!” (Miller 220). By accusing Abigail of being a whore, John is trying to ruin her name and stop her from making any more accusations, but by admitting to “have known her, sir.” is also ruining his own good
For revenge she accused John’s wife, Liz, of being a witch. This is a lot like high school. If you are dating someone and you cheat things will go wrong. A couple things are if you ignore the person you cheated with she can start rumors and get revenge and if you ignore your girl/boyfriend they’ll hate you. I’ll move to more things where revenge is the same in The Crucible and myself in the present time.
Parker was angry at Lynn for dying because he never wanted her dead. He just wanted to cut her up a bit to make her understand what she did was wrong. Porter on the other hand was risking his life to save Rosie. The audience has also changed since the 1960s. Stark wrote this novel for men and wanted to make the men feel good about themselves when reading it.