Essays on John Proctor

Fear can influence your decisions and it can corrupt one’s morality. Fear of losing yourself and the impact it has on a good person can force them to make a bad decision that influences their judgment and their isolation. John Proctor endured a sense of goodness and several obstacles of fear controlling how far he…

The book The Crucible by Arthur Miller is a story that takes place in Salem Massachusetts and 1762 about the townspeople there and their paranoia of witches and Witchcraft. John Proctor is one of the main characters in the story. Proctor’s the one who wants to show everyone that witchcraft is not real. Abigail another…

Through his treatment of others as a result of guilt, at search for truth in order to save his true love, and a final submission to God’s law, John Proctor shows that by showing repentance to God one will save his soul, and By showing complete repentance to god he will save his immortal soul….

John Proctor has had the hardest time trying to figure out is character and what he stands up for. He does not know whether he should lie and live with guilt from his sin or should he confess and come to turn with his consequences. In the beginning of the book Proctor was living with…

As numerous do, the word “crucible” has many opposing meanings. Specifically, three of these interpretations of the word thematically align with the play, The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller. These definitions include that a crucible is a vessel used for melting at high temperatures, a severe test, and a time characterized by powerful forces. The…

The Crucible is based on the true events of historical people and the salem witch trials. It begins when a group of young girls are seen dancing in the woods, they are immediately accused of witchcraft and speaking with the devil. The next day, the entire town knew of the events that occured and easily…

‘The Crucible’, the play made by Arthur Miller which is based on an historical event, the Salem witchcraft trials which took place in Massachusetts in 1692. He was inspired to write this novel because of what happened in America in the 1950’s.Tthe setting of the drama is in Salem, a small puritan society, which provides…

The Crucible is a play based on the witch trials in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. During this period, accusations led to trials and convictions for witchcraft, and twenty people were hanged. Not being honest caused Abigail and her friends to ruin the lives and families of others, such as the Proctors. Her whole goal was…

How is The Crucible “morality” play? Well, to answer that question, you must know what The Crucible and a morality play is. Morality plays have a main character who represents either humanity as a whole or social structure of humanity. They show the dilemmas faced by the average person trying to lead a moral life….

The play, The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller is based on a true story in a small village called Salem. During 1692, the witch trials began. Throughout this paper I will be talking about the affair between two characters named John Proctor and Abigail Williams. There is another character by the name of Elizabeth Proctor…