Character evolution of John Procor
John Proctor is a character from the Crucible, a play by Arthur Miller, Throughout the play he changes from being a troubled, self-exiled, sinner to becoming a person of high moral standards. The characters in this play are simple, common people that live in the town of Salem in the year 1692. There is a rumor of witchcraft floating about in the town that has led to accusations about many of the townsfolk. The accused are charged and convicted of a crime that is impossible to prove (witchcraft). The reasons the villains select the people they do for condemnation are both simple and clear because all of the accusers have ulterior motives, such as revenge, greed, and covering up their own behavior. The three major points I will be talking about in my essay about are as follows: 1 His entrance into the play where he is talking alone to Abigail and trying to convince himself that he is not an adulterer and that they did not have an affair. 2 when John is reciting the Ten Commandments. 3 where John tells Elizabeth that he are going to confess. In the beginning of the play John Proctor is introduced as a farmer in his mid thirties, that is not a partisan of the town, and shows a very strong sense of self-preservation. The first re
"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!" He realizes that the only thing in this world that he can hang on to is his name, his honor, and the truth. "I will fall like an ocean on that court! Fear nothing Elizabeth. This is what Miller is trying to tell us, that there are some things more important than life itself. It appears as though John Proctor has come full circle and now refuses to hand the confession over to Danforth. It is from this point on that John Proctor seems more willing to accept the consequences of his behavior. "I have been thinking I would confess to them, Elizabeth. But in the end he comes to realize that all he can do and must do is to protect the truth, even at the cost of his own life. With time he believes that he needs to protect others, not only himself. This quote comes from the courthouse scene where John tells the judge that the girls danced naked in the woods. " This quote shows how in the middle of the story John fells that his name is the only true thing a man has. By doing so he finally saves his own 'name', his truth, and his life, in a different way. John Proctor's story is the heart of the play.
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