Nobility In The Crucible And The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn

In the play The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, there is sequence of events involving witching in the city of Salem. Everyone in the town is being accused of being involved of doing witchcraft. The ones that are accused will be hung if they don’t confess. There are external and internal conflicts within each character. One main character that changes the most throughout the play is John Proctor. In the beginning of the play John Proctor shows that he is suspicious but throughout the play he confesses his wrongs and clears his act which makes him become a man of his word and a true puritan.

The Crucible is a great tale that shows us not to believe others just from the words they say, but by the actions and evidence for the claim. John Proctor was a huge supporter of this. Though John had done some bad deeds in his past, his actions during the end of his life prove that he is good man. John Proctor is the ultimate example of a man can still be a hero in spite of his flaws. John Proctor was the hero in Arthur Miller’s Crucible, because he overcame his shame from being adulterer, he was the only one to see the corruption in his society, and was adamant about keeping his good name.

John Proctor is a central character who faces immorality and a difficult moral dilemma, and also is the main protagonist in “The Crucible” and was one of the main characters that were misdemeanor and sentenced to death. He was a strong and hardworking farmer who was known and respected by the people of Salem, Massachusetts, because of his power and his riches. However, he is very flawed, for he has committed adultery and refuses to go to church, even though his children are not baptized. Despite his flaws, Proctor does show growth in both positive and negative ways. He chooses to stay true to himself and his beliefs, even if it means sacrificing his own freedom and the well-being of his family.

During the Crucible, in the town of Salem, everybody is in fear of witchery. Lots of drama and fear has been going around about people committing witchcraft. In Arthur Miller's play, The Crucible, Proctor, is a rule breaking man who changes from being a cheater to a man who has a change of heart and wants to save people who are being falsely accused of witchery by admitting his own sins. John wasn't always a kind man, trying to do something good for the community. Before he changed, Proctor could be described as a cheater, a narcissist, and a brave man.

In Arthur Miller’s play, The Crucible, the citizens of Salem, Massachusetts in 1692 experience severe court trials where innocent people are sentenced to death because of the expedition of witchery. These persecution events resulted in each individual testing his or her mental stability and morals. One person in particular that was affected by the Salem witch trials is John Proctor. Based on Arthur Miller’s play, He is a sinner against his own vision of decent conduct who has a quiet confidence and an unexpressed, hidden force.

The Crucible is a heart wrenching play that bring you back to the time of the salem witch trials. When reading you get a taste of the puritan lifestyle through many different people and personalities. Many themes jump out to you such as greed, self-preservation, power, but what really caught my attention was the integrity. The integrity shown by John Proctor was displayed at many different occasions through this play. John shows very strong personal integrity through his honesty with his wife about the adultery.

In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible a town starts massacring townspeople because a group of girls are pretending to be possessed by witches.  John Proctor, a character in The Crucible, is a Non-conformist who stubbornly avoids following the crowd and is honest by not being able to lie to the court. John Proctor’s character may revealed through his refusal to sign his name on a false confession, his inability to believe in the witches in the town and his honesty when confessing to the affair with Abigail.

People’s true character is revealed through their actions. Their morals and ethics can be told from how they choose to act in a situation. In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible; the character of John Proctor is an honorable man despite having committed wrongful acts. He was able to redeem himself through acts that is considered courageous, such as when he refuses to contribute to the lie of witchcraft in Salem, when he fights for the people who were convicted of witchcraft and when he regrets being a dishonest man.

One of the main characters, John Proctor, faces many adversities throughout the play. He has to overcome his emotional and moral problems, which changes and develops his character into someone different from before. At the beginning of the play, Proctor appears an average person, respected in his community for his honesty. Miller describes him as “a kind man- powerful of body, even- tempered and not easily led…” (Miller 19). Later on in the play, a shift in his character shows when he learns of the many accusations of witchcraft, one including his wife Elizabeth. The unfortunate events he was experiencing brought out his characteristic of leadership and he becomes an influential leader in the effort to save his wife. Towards the end of the novel, John faces an important moral choice, he can tell the truth about his wife and die honorably or he cannot tell the truth and live the rest of his life as a lie. He shows his respectful and honest character by telling the truth and dying. The adversity that John experiences proves very powerful, but his morally right mindset stands out even more than before. The Crucible is yet another literary work that demonstrates Horace’s assumption about adversity and its

Arthur Miller uses characterization to portray John Proctor’s reputation throughout the play. John Proctor is the protagonist of “The Crucible”. From the beginning opening act, Arthur Miller characterizes Proctor as an honest man with good morals who tries his very best to do the right thing. He is a well-respected man around the village of Salem, which later causes his good reputation. This is the reason why it is hard for Proctor to give up his good

He like the majority of the Deep South’s population was forced to submit to popular religion in the form of Christianity, being racist and not being able to criticize the institution of slavery, as well as acting like a “proper” boy and being civilized with manors, rules, and restrictions. However, he is the polar opposite of the ideals expressed by his society. Huck is forced to reside with Widow Douglas, he describes the experience in the first chapter, “She took me… allowed she would sivilize me; but it was rough living in the house all the time … I wanted to smoke, and asked the widow to let me. But she wouldn't. She said… I must try to not do it any more.” (Twain, 2). In this particular environment, Huck is forcefully civilized by the Widow Douglas as well as Miss Watson. This essentially shows an indirect form of slavery in which Huck is forced to do as society and his elders dictate regardless of what he believes in which many of us are also subject to. This enslaves him and leads him to decide that he needs to relocate himself as far away from society as possible. Therefore, he forges his death and runs away meeting Jim on the way. This idea of Huck being controlled by society influences him through the novel, for instance he thinks about turning Jim in because it is wrong to steal since Jim is

As evidenced in the introductory instances regarding death, Huck’s morality is defective and his sympathy is missing. Perhaps, Huck’s flaws are due to his close contact with the iconic delinquent Tom Sawyer, who is likely corroding Huck’s ethics. Consequently, when Huck bonds with his new partner-in-crime, Jim, a stark juxtaposition is evidenced between the ideals of Tom and Jim. However, luckily “youth is a time of greater potential for change than any other stage of life”, and Jim’s positive influence proves beneficial (Trites 53) . Specifically, Jim is extraordinarily superstitious and attaches a copious amount of meaning to just about everything, even a measly snake skin (Twain 162). Of course, this means that Jim does not completely disregard the significance of death and importance of sympathy, as Tom and his mischievous mates do. Consequently, Jim “has proven himself as a morally admirable figure” (Bollinger). As a result, after prolonged exposure to Jim, Huck starts to exude more concern for the life of others, as evidenced in quite a few scenarios that take place on his and Jim’s journey.

In the play The Crucible by Authur Miller, John Proctor's pride is threatened by the Salem Witch trials. Proctor, like almost everyone else in Salem, is accused of witchcraft and working for the devil. Cracking under constant pressure and fed up with the attacks of the court, most of the accused confess; John Proctor, however, believes that he must stand for what is right and protect his own reputation. Proctor greatly demonstrates the theme of pride, as he constantly seeks ways to improve his reputation and good name; however, when the court tries his wife on account of witchcraft, Proctor is able to turn away from his blinding self-esteem and ultimately sacrifices his life achievements in the hope of freeing his wife of all charges.

In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, John Proctor is portrayed as a flawed character who despite his multiple faults is able to improve. His life in Massachusetts is plagued with various challenges and temptations, some of which Proctor proves to be vulnerable to. Despite these moments, Proctor is able to listen to his conscience and continue to obey his moral compass. This ability to return to his morals and accept his mistakes differentiates John Proctor from a sinner and enables him to be seen as a Christ-like figure. In the Crucible, John Proctor is a man of integrity, since he admits to his flaws, attempts to improve and protects the people around him, at his own expense.

Early on in the novel, Twain allows Huck to be introduced as a common, normal 14 year old boy at the time, even having Huck introduce himself in the first line in the novel, in “You don’t know about me, without you have read a book by the name of “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer”, but that ain’t no matter”. Huck goes through what could be considered normal or commonplace, such as peer pressure and need of rebellion. He experiences peer pressure, but not exactly in the same way kids these days view it as. He conforms to the Widow Douglas’ and Miss Watson’s way of life, which involved polite mannerisms and Christian values. For example, the Widow Douglas scolds Huck for various reasons in Chapter 1, such as “Don’t put your feet up there”