In THE CRUCIBLE, By Arthur Miller, John Proctor Is A Hero

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Term Paper Title	In THE CRUCIBLE, By Arthur Miller, John Proctor Is A Hero
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In THE CRUCIBLE, by Arthur Miller, John Proctor is a hero

for giving up his life.   He is a great man of integrity and not

many people would do what he did.  A hero is defined as someone

who portrays exceptional courage and fortitude.  That definently

fits John’s character.  He has more courage than anyone else in

the book.

     Abigail is one of the main problems in John’s life.  She

causes a lot of trouble with John’s family and the whole town.

Their affair is an enormous conflict.  John fights mostly with it

internally and it tears him up inside until he has to confess.

The situation is similar to Nathaniel Hawthornes THE SCARLET

LETTER.  The affair between Arthur Dimmesdale and Hester Prynne

internally destroys Arthur because no one could know.  This is

exactly what happens to John.  He can not tell anyone and it

destroys his marriage.

     John confesses to lechery with Abigail and he also confesses

to being a witch.  It was not easy for John to do that.  Most

people confess and sign away their lives to a lie. John does not

see the point in it.  He can not live a saint so why live at all?

John dies with everyone knowing the truth about him.  John says,

“You have made your magic now, for now I do think I see some

shred of goodness in John Proctor.”  John rips up the confession

he has just signed when he realizes that what he is doing is

just going to make his family’s lives worse.



     John...

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