Crucible character analysis on
Crucible character analysis onCharacter Analysis of John Proctor
During the mid 1950�s, Senator Joe McCarthy led a campaign to expose alleged Communists in the State Department. Many called it a witch-hunt. In Arthur Miller�s play, The Crucible, the small town of Salem is engulfed in hysteria due to the accusations of children that many of the townspeople partook in witchcraft. Among the accused is John Proctor, a strong, steadfast farmer. Proctor is the tragic hero of the story. Even though he tries to become a hero but ends up being one of the accused. Proctor tries to remain a tragic hero through his efforts to save his wife from being hung, trying to prove the children as frauds, and not confessing to practicing witchcraft once he was accused.
Proctor is a tragic hero in his efforts to save his wife. Proctor�s first display of trying to save his wife is shown when the Court officials come to take Elizabeth away. Proctor is so infuriated by this assault on his house that he rips the warrant and tells them to leave rather forcefully saying, �Damn the Deputy Governor! Out of my house!�(77), demonstrating his intense love for his wife. Proctor shows signs of being a tragic hero when he attempts to go into court to save his wife and prove the girls liars. However, he ends up being accused himself. Mary Warren is in court testifying when she suddenly breaks down � hysterically, pointing at Proctor, fearful of him: My name, he want my name. �I�ll murder you,� he says, �if my wife hands! We must go and over throw the court,� he says�... � [Proctor] wake me every night, his eyes were like coals and his fingers claw my neck and I sign, I sign��(119). Thus John Proctor fails in trying to rescue his wife from the clutches of the false accusers, instead he falls pray to them.
Proctor establishes that the children are lying in court with respect to their accusations of the townspeople. Proctor first learns of this through his household servant, Mary Warren who is one of the accusers. Proctor deducts from the events that Mary Warren...
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