The Crucible John Proctor Pride Analysis

"Life, woman, life is God's most precious gift; no principle, however glorious, may justify the taking of it. " We can be reminded by this play, that we aren’t perfect but should enjoy life while we still have it. The Crucible by Arthur Miller is based on a true event that happened in 1692, which is about a group of women that were convicted of witchcraft. A character that stood out in the play was John Proctor. John Proctor was a successful and well-respected farmer that chose to have a distance from the church, which made the whole city suspicious when he confessed his affair.

He tries to confess to the court about his adultery with Abigail by stating, “ I have known her, sir. I have known her” (John Proctor 193). Proctor does not want to formally state that he has committed adultery because it could hurt his name greatly, his family, and cause him to be put to death. Hale is trying to get Proctor to confess about his lie than die for pride. God cannot forgive a man who dies for pride, yet can forgive a liar. Thus, Proctor should confess to witchcraft. However; Proctor cannot do this because he cannot blacken his name. He would end up revealing his sin and it would be the end of his name. At the very end of the play, Proctor is sent to death, and Hale implores to Elizabeth, “Woman, plead with him! Woman! Its is pride, it is vanity. Be his helper! -what profit him to bleed” (Hale 212)? Hale yells this at Elizabeth, because he wants her to go and convince John to plead guilty, but prideful Proctor chose to die instead with his honor intact. He chose to die as repentance for his original sin of adultery. This emphasizes proctor has overwhelming pride, and not even with the fear of death will he dare to try and let go of

In the Crucible, by Arthur Miller, John Proctor played a major role in the conflict within Salem. The actions of John Proctor led the townspeople to accuse him of witchcraft. Proctor lied at the end to save his life but then decided he couldn't go through with the lie. This shows how Proctor changed throughout the play to tell the truth.

When Elizabeth begins to show her suspicion towards John and Abigail’s relationship, John retorts pleading, ”Spare me! You forget nothing! ... I have not moved from there to there without I think to please you … I cannot speak but I am doubted every moment judged for lies”(54-55). Before committing adultery with Abigail, John was an extremely respected man and had much self- respect. Consequently, after the occurrence the sin began to hang over his head, causing him to lose his self-respect. He also began to be immersed in his own guilt, and struggles to get his self-respect back. When Elizabeth tries to make John believe that she is to blame for him cheating, she pleads, “You take my sins upon you, John”(137). John responds in agony, “No, I take my own, my own!”(137). John refuses to let Elizabeth take the blame for his mistake that he constantly agonizes over. He truly believes that he did a horrible sin and he is the only one to blame. After giving his life for his sin, Proctor is finally able to forgive himself and leave the earth as a good

Hale urged everybody to confess to their sin in order to save their lives. While talking to Elizabeth he uttered, "It may well be God damns a liar less than he that who throws his life away for pride" (Miller 132). Hale believed that if John had the guts to say he was lying he would have lived, but with a blackened name. Although John Proctor is throwing his life away for pride because he does not possess the courage to reveal the

Rebellious, guilt-ridden, intelligent, and outspoken describes John Proctor. He is the main character in the drama: The Crucible by Arthur Miller. Over two-hundred innocent people were convicted of witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692 when hysteria swept through the town, no one could believe their closest friends. John Proctor and others show the consequences of Abigail accusing everyone of witchcraft. John shows us that suffering harsh consequences is better than lying.

In The Crucible by Arthur Miller, the character of John Proctor was controlled by his secrets because he was willing to go to the extreme in giving up his life to keep them. In the process of keeping his secrets John Proctor was one leading reason to why so many people died in the Salem Massachusetts witch trials (1691). Miller begins with giving a backstory on John Proctor and how he ends up ruining the good name of Salem and its people. John Proctor is a good man and an honorable name. He is a farmer in Salem and a good husband to Elizabeth Proctor. However, in The Crucible, John Proctor’s actions with Abigail Williams, a former servant of the Proctor household, are put into questioning. Abigail Williams says to John, “I look for John Proctor

Purist Salem, Massachusetts in 1692 suffered from a rapidly increasing phenomenon: witchcraft accusations and trials. The Crucible is a play that recounts the times of this incident. For the most part, it follows a man known as John Proctor. He is a sensible, honest, and hardworking man who made the mistake of succumbing to lust which sets off a chain of events that leads to the witch trials, and to his own demise. Arthur Miller’s The Crucible’s protagonist John Proctor proves to be a flawed human being who struggles to make sense of his past relationship with Abigail, his love for his wife, and his pride.

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 born into nobility, he has many noble characteristics.

A man 's reputation in many forms is his, life’s work. To have your reputation dismantled is like taking away one 's accomplishments and life’s work. Arthur Miller 's The Crucible is a play about justice and injustice, and how our justice system can be easily corrupted. The story revolves around a man named John Proctor, the tragic hero of this story. John Protector is a symbolic character created by Arthur Miller, because he faced the justice system head on. Proctor’s biggest flaw would be his great amounts of pride, which unfortunately led to his own death. In Arthur Millers’ The Crucible, he characterizes John Proctor as the tragic hero of the story because of all that he lost, through his relentless crusade to free his wife and exposing injustice, illustrating that no hero is perfect.

     John Procter is a strong man, who thrives at the chance to be right and known. But by the end of the play he questions himself saying, “Who is John Proctor, Who is John Proctor?” (act 4). The trials to John Proctor are a time of change. When Reverend Hale enters the town John leaves in disgust, he knows the girls are lying. John’s pride springs from his feeling of being smarter then the rest of the town. He was constantly found bickering with Reverend Parris about unnecessary expenses. He is worried to speak at the trials for he would condemn himself as a lecher. His wife has her finger on his button though because after the affair, she uses his guilt so he will promise to accuse Abigail. As soon as John steps into the trials he is labeled as a witch and condemned to death. But from his own pride is unable to confess. But at the same time he does not want to die for such an absurd reason.

The Crucible is a historical play by Arthur Miller, and is set in the town of Salem during the late 1690s. The main characters are John Proctor, the protagonist, and Abigail Williams, the antagonist. The conflict occurs when Abigail falsely accuses others of witchcraft. This leads to hysteria in the town, with people turning in innocent people for witchcraft. Many people including John and Elizabeth Proctor are arrested and put on trial, despite their innocence. John Proctor is sentenced to death after refusing to denounce his friends as witches, forgiven by Elizabeth for his affair with Abigail, and restores his reputation of being a good man. The Crucible delves into the extent people will go betray others in order to benefit themselves

Lying leads to terrible tragedies. Lying for so long will make it unpleasant to move on and the more difficult it will become. Just like how The Crucible ends. The Crucible is set in Salem, Massachusetts, at the beginning of the 1692 Salem Witchcraft Trials. The story is centralized around John Proctor, a white, landowning Puritan who betrayed his wife, Elizabeth by having sex with Abigail Williams. Back in the day, everything was black and white, meaning if something isn’t about God then it must’ve been about the Devil, they were religious people and they would not accept the fact that he had sex with someone else outside of marriage. He denied that nothing ever happened between him and Abigail. While Proctor is not taking responsibility for his actions, he causes a big commotion: people getting arrested and hanged, Abigail and a group of other girls are being accused of being part of Witchcraft. In the fourth act, Proctor is stuck in a situation where he either says the truth about who is part of witchcraft or he gets hanged. Proctor does not confess because he does not want people to use his name in vain and he knows that if he confesses it will leave a bad example for his sons, he decided to die an honest man than to live a fraud. At the end, Proctor ripped the confession knowing that he will be hung. Throughout the play, Arthur Miller creates two themes: the past will always haunt you and as people run away from their problems, their problems will continue to follow

Another inner quality that defines John Proctor is the value he holds to his good name. Proctor is a firm believer in the fact that one’s name is the only thing that remains after death, and what is done with it while living can affect one’s posterity for generations. This is the driving force behind his actions in the final act of the play. At first, he felt no shame in lying to the court about his accusation of witchcraft because he felt there was no more damage he could do to his reputation and that one more sin would not make any difference. His attitude changed when he realized his confession would mean blackening the name of those who already had died, and his sons would have to live with that mark on their names. He knew he could not teach his sons “. . . to walk like

John Proctor became a tragic hero in “The Crucible” by Arthur Miller has brought a big problem to the Village of Salem, after Procto had an affair with Abigail Williams, she began to look for revenge and she started accusing people of witchcraft. John Proctor; a well-respected man in Salem, who is a hard worker always working for his family, love his children and his wife, is founded in a critical situation after committing adultery with a girl in the village. John Proctor, the protagonist of the play “The Crucible”, a well-respected man, a noble man who has done a lot for his family, possesses a major flaw he has had an affair with Abigail Williams, and eventually he realizes what he has done in Salem and to