Essays on John Proctor

Arthur Miller’s play, The Crucible, is an unidentified comparison between the witch hunt in the Salem Witch Trials of 1692, and the Red Scare which targeted Americans suspected of communism, especially those that were in entertainment and the arts, during the height of the Cold...

John Proctor’s lethal imperfection was his incredible measure of pride, and that gradually tied a progression of grievous occasions which in the end made John Proctor capitulate to his demise. Sadly, Proctor bites the dust for a wrongdoing he didn’t submit. Another important piece of...

Every tragedy in history has a tragic hero. Now a tragic hero always has the potential for greatness but is destined to fail. They also meet a tragic death and face it with honor. The Salem Witch Trials began in the spring of 1692, in...

“Nobody is perfect. Everyone makes mistakes. Some mistakes will teach you great lessons and make you a better person. ” Many individuals live through this quote because of the pure and simple truth to it; that everyone makes the wrong decisions from time to time,...

When someone’s journey comes to an end, it is a tragedy. Many people want to carry a story with them after they have passed. Most people want to leave something memorable behind, people want to be seen as a good person, perhaps a hero. According...

Is John Proctor of Arthur Miller’s The Crucible a tragic hero? To first answer this question we need to determine what a tragic hero is and who John Proctor is. After these analyzations we must ask if John Proctor meets the certain criteria of this...

A tragic hero is usually pictured as the protagonist and is a type of character in a tragedy. Within this tragedy that they are a part of, they’re typically placed with heroic traits that allow them to gain the sympathy of the audience. However, they...

In the Crucible, I believe that it was both Abigail and John Proctor who were responsible for the deaths of the people who were wrongly convicted and hanged. Throughout the story, both of them were denying the truth, and basically lying about everything. Abigail basically...

According to the ancient Greek philosopher, Aristotle, his definition of a tragic hero is a man of noble stature. “He’s not an ordinary man, but a man with outstanding quality and greatness about him. His own destruction is for a greater cause or principle”(Aristotle). In...