Final Crucible Assignment
“It’s winter in here yet.” John Proctor made this statement during Act II on page 166 of The Crucible. In this quote, John was describing the bareness of their house without any decorations like flowers. More in depth, it is also is a description of John and Elizabeth's feelings towards each other coming after John's actions.
“Because it is my name! Because I cannot have another in my life! Because I lie and sign myself to lies…” This quote is stated by John Proctor in Act IV, page 211. John is stuck between telling the truth or lying and eventually dying. His name is the only thing he has left. At first he is okay with lying because he was saving others, but he wasn't okay with his name being thrown down the trash.
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By not signing that paper he knows that he is sticking up for what he believes, even though he knows he is going to die. He knows that now his family is safe under the “Proctor” name. Section II: 10.
Reputation is a theme shown throughout the play. In each Act there are examples of characters showing care for their reputation. For example, in Act I Abigail states “My name is good in the village! I will not have it said my name is soiled! Goody Proctor is a gossiping liar!” (144). She gets angry at Parris for questioning her for leaving the Proctors, and blames it all on Elizabeth. Another example of reputation is when John says “ How may I live without my name? I have given you my soul; leave my name!” (211) John chooses to die instead of lying to save himself. He does this because he doesnt think his life would be worth living if he did …show more content…
confess. 11. John Proctor is considered a dynamic character because throughout the play he changes from being a troubled mad to a man willing to do anything to save his family name. In the begining of The Crucible Proctor is guilty because of his affair with Abigail Williams. He feels that his actions in the past have damaged him in the eyes of God, his wife, and also himself. Towards the end of the play, after he tells the court about his affair he starts to feel better about himself. He eventually feels good enough to willingly die to protect his good name. John Hale can also be considered a dynamic character because when he arrives, his mind is set on investigating the witchcraft in Salem. Towards the end of the play he begins to realize the truth. He realizes the only crime Proctor is found guilty of is adultery and that Abby and the other girls were only lying. 12.
during Act IV. Proctor does not want to sign the confession because he knows it will ruin his family reputation. His name is the only thing he has left, after everything. By doing this, he makes up for his past with Abigail and dies a honorable man.
11. John Hale can be considered a dynamic character when he first comes to Salem, he is there to investigate witchcraft. However, towards the end of the play he realizes that Proctor and the others have been telling the truth and that all of the girls, including Abigail, were all lying. He states “I denounce these proceedings, I quit this court!” (198). This quote is when Hale realizes he was wrong.
John Proctor can also be considered a dynamic character. Proctor goes through a lot during this play. In the beginning, Proctor was a troubled mad that eventually turned into a man that was willing to do anything in the end. At the start of the play, John regrets his affair with Abigail but still does not forgive himself. His actions in the past have troubled him in the eyes of God, Elizabeth, and himself. Eventually Proctor is able to confess to his wrongs and he gets to the point where he is able to actually forgive himself. When John Proctor refuses to sign the false confession it shows that he is willing to die to protect his good
name. 12. A tragic hero is a literary character who makes a judgement error that leads to his/her own downfall. John Proctor is a perfect example of a tragic hero. He is a hero because he stands up for his beliefs even though he knew he would end up dying. But, his tragic flaw was being attracted to Abigail Williams in the first place. He breaks the law and also his trust with Elizabeth. Even after he had ended his affair with Abigail, he still could not forgive himself. Abigail became jealous of Elizabeth and accused her of witchcraft. She thought she could be with John if Elizabeth was out of the picture, so that was her goal. But what she wasn't expecting was that even after Elizabeth was accused, John still tried to go after her and save her. At the end of the play, John was also accused and was hung for witchcraft. He had the decision to either live with a bad reputation or die with a good one. John chooses to die defending his name. John Proctor definitely meets the requirements of being a tragic hero.
Hale has a lot of wisdom to share with Salem. " Man, remember, until an hour before the devil fell, God thought him beautiful in heaven," (p. 71); ".private vengeance is working through testimony," (p. 114). John Proctor is a strong and courageous character who will not give in easily to his accusers. In the end of The Crucible he denies the charges of witchcraft.
...fess to them Elizabeth” (238). He’s thinking about giving in to the corrupt church to save his own life like everyone else. But when the Judge Danforth asks him to sign his name on a document confessing of witch craft he won’t do it because he explains, “It is my name I cannot have another in my life because I lie and sign myself to lies. Proctor finally stands up for what’s right and he shows that he won’t taint his name in order to save his own life. So they send him to be hung but he dies with his honor and his integrity.
John Proctor plays the leading role in The Crucible by Arthur Miller. He was persistent, honest, and full of integrity. He was simply, a man with pride. A wise woman once said, "Do what you feel in your heart to be right--for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do, and damned if you don't." (Eleanor Roosevelt). Proctor was the protagonist of the dramatic piece of literature.
The most important scene in the play was act two, scene three, where John Proctor is able to talk with his wife, Elizabeth, one last time. He decides that he will "confess" to the crime of witchcraft, thereby avoiding being hung. He says to Elizabeth:
Proctor’s prideful personality does not let him baptize his third son because he dislikes Reverend Parris (168, l. 516-520). Proctor withholds his affair with Abigail because of his pride, he was unable to confess it until his wife was accused. Before he confessed he stated that “a man will not cast away his good name,” this statement suggest that a man has a lot of pride in his name and therefore his confession must be true (189, l. 845-847). In addition, after confessing to witchcraft Proctor takes pride in his name and refuses to have his name nailed in the door of the church showing everyone that he confessed to witchcraft (207, l. 894-897). “You will not use me! I am no Sarah Good or Tituba, I am John Proctor! You will not use me!,” Proctor beliefs he is better than Sarah good and Tituba hence he would not sign his name (207, l. 899-701). Towards the end, Proctor thinks better of his action and rips the signed paper after declaring, “Because I am not worth the dust on the feet of them that hang! How may I live without my name? I have given you my soul; leave me my name!” (207, l. 725-730). Proctor compares himself with the brave people that are about to hang and takes pride in his name by refusing to keep on lying and ripping the paper with his signature; he bravely accepted death with the thought that his name is not tainted by
“I want my life, … I will have my life” (137). In the drama of the “Crucible” John Proctor is accused of being a witch. John is unaware of the reason he is accused, but it is obvious that every time someone comes close to getting to the bottom of the girls lie that is the person the girls accuse. Before the beginning of the play John had committed lechery with Abigail Williams. John Proctor is almost ready to admit that he is a witch even though he is not, some reasons that he doesn’t admit it could be that it could help to make the girls seem like they are telling the truth, because he doesn’t want to live a lie and because he doesn’t want other people to look at him as a witch, nor does he want people to follow his lie and start admitting to things when they didn’t really do it. John Proctor would rather die honest than live a lie!
...nnot have another in my life! Because I lie and sign myself to lies! Because I am not worth the dust on the feet of them that hang! How may I live without my name? I have given you my soul; leave me my name!" (p. 143) By the end of the play, John has grown enough to realize that though he was wrong to have an affair, he did not lose all honor. By learning this lesson and keeping his honor right up until his death, John passes his test.
He begins to see a weakness in the position of the townspeople of Salem and tries to not let common accusations be the support for his diagnosis. The conversations that Hale has demonstrated the evolution of his mindset. In Act II, Hale is traveling around the town, going house-to-house, searching for accused women to warn them that their names have been mentioned in the court. Soon, Hale finds himself standing at the Proctor home. At this moment, Hale sees a different perspective on the entire situation.
John Proctor is portrayed throughout the play to be a man who has high moral values that he must abide by. He can spot hypocrisy in others easily and judges himself no less harshly. Elizabeth Proctor says to him in the second act:
John Proctor is an honest, though harsh, man who is clearly the protagonist of The Crucible. Before the beginning of the play, John had an affair with Abigail Williams, a girl who worked in his household, which was abruptly ended when Elizabeth Proctor, John's wife, fired her. This event causes Abigail to desire revenge against Elizabeth while she still pines for John. Once the trials are well underway, Abigail accuses Elizabeth of being a witch, which leads to her arrest. John goes to the court in defense of his wife, where he reveals that he did indeed committed adultery with Abigail in an attempt to expose her as a fraud and a liar. Unfortunately, John's appeal falls on deaf ears and he is arrested as well. While his wife manages to get a temporary stay of execution, due to the fact that she is pregnant at the time of the trials, which in the end saves her by insuring her life until the chaos, hysteria, and persecution comes to an end, John is sentenced to death. The play ends with his hanging, but his death puts an end to the trials.
...h, his wife, does not want to admit her husband’s deceit, proctor is accused of lying to the court. When Proctor confesses his sin of lechery he feels better and his internal guilt is freed. This is different to the end of the play where he signed the confession to witchcraft. He later rips it up as could not live with himself if he were to allow Abigail to get away with her lies, through confessing to something he did not do. In ripping up the confession he is also able to keep his good name which he says at the end is all he has left, his name, and he does not want to give it away.
Reputation in this play is what drives people to act in certain ways. Miller uses this theme in such a way that is seems to control certain characters like Danforth, Parris and Abigail thus portraying them in a negative and insincere light. They go to lengths to never have no contradict themselves or appear to be mendacious and deceitful whereas other characters such as John Proctor, Sarah Good and Giles, are driven by the will to protect their integrity. The protection of either integrity or reputation is what differ...
In the play The Crucible by Arthur Miller goes into detail about the historical event, the Salem witchcraft trials which took place in Massachusetts in 1692. The drama centers on John and Elizabeth Proctor and a young girl Abigail Williams, whom John Proctor has committed adultery with. In order to get rid of Elizabeth so that Abigail can have John to herself Abigail accuses John’s wife of witchcraft, a crime that was highly frowned upon. John proctor goes through a series of changes from being a horrible person who cheated on his wife to a tragic hero who will give up his life to say his wife. John proctor is viewed as many things in this play but at the end he come out an honest and noble man.
During act 4 Proctor feels ashamed of himself for having sign a paper of him confessing to witchcraft but danforth want to nail that confesion to the church doors and Proctor to ashamed with himself does not give back the confession and says “I have confessed myself! Is there no good penitence but it be public? God does not need my name nailed upon the church! God sees my name, God knows how black my sins are! It is enough.”(the crucible act 4 Arthur-miller) here shows that proctor trying to keep his name is too ashamed to have it posted for all to see then he says “Because it is my name! Because I cannot have another in my life. Because I am not worth the dust on the feet of them that hang! How may I live without my name? I have given you my soul, leave me my name!” showing that he wants some dignity when this is
If he lived, he felt he would be alive but with no purpose. To survive, and falsely confess to witchcraft, John knew he would lose his name in the town. When asked why he refused to sign a declaration binding himself to the devil Proctor responded, “ Because it is my name! Because I cannot have another in my life! Because I lie and sign myself to lies! Because I am not worth the dust on the feet of them that hang! How may I live without my name? I have given you my soul; leave me my name” (MIller, 1163)!