The Tragic Downfall of John Proctor Aristotle said, “A man cannot become a hero until he can see the root of his own downfall” (Aristotle). Author Arthur Miller wrote an allegory play titled The Crucible in 1953. Miller intended for the play to represent the Red Scare a modern witch hunt that toke a toll on his career. In the play The Crucible Miller creates John Proctor a character who is well respected and honorable so the tragic hero Proctor may seem. Although Proctor is the hero he is the root
How Tragic John Proctor is a righteous man who seemed like he had it all together, yet his life came crumbling down. Within literature, we see 4 main types of heroes, and John Proctor fills the role of a tragic hero right down to a tee. John supposedly had his life figured out, and he was ready to be the person everyone looked up to within the town, but his one little flaw that he overlooked for so long finally came back around and punished him. Soon after facing this weakness, John’s world comes
Without His Name Arthur Miller's The Crucible tells a story of the 1692 Salem witchtrials. Miller uses the fear of having a bad name to frighten multiple characters in the play. A reputation is one of the most important things a person can have, it decides were a person stands in society and it can influence their future. Three characters, John Proctor, Thomas Danforth, and Reverend Parris all wish to maintain an upstanding reputation in Salem, because of their self pride. John Proctor is a rightious
The Final Chapter of John Proctor’s Life Why does it seem that most people would do the wrong things to save their necks? Which includes, people standing for what they believe in, and get punished for it? In The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, this principle comes into play all over the place in the 1800’s salem witch trials. John Proctor, being one of many falsely accused of witchcraft in the salem witch trials, is condemned to death for not confessing. He would lead some to believe him to be a scoundrel