Crucible
It was with ardent horror that the prehistoric man first witnessed a solar eclipse---the sun swallowed by the predator moon until all light ceased and darkness fell on to the land. We, the more enlightened descendants, have also suffered eclipses. One such eclipse was the darkness of evil that fell upon Salem in 1692, when many men and women were accused of compacting with the Devil. These charges were what elevated into the feared atrocity known as the Salem Witch Trials. The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller, is a play based upon these witch trials, in which John Proctor, a prominent member of their Puritan community, falls into the hurricane of the accusations. Not willing to blacken his name, John hangs for not confessing to compacting with the Devil. When John destroys his untruthful confession, he condemns himself to die and by doing so becomes a true symbol of tragedy. John Proctor, a respected and followed Puritan, although an adulterer, became one of the most afflicted men in Salem when vengeance was sought upon his wife. Elizabeth. Abigail Williams envied John's beloved wife, when John ended their affair. Abigail accused Elizabeth of sending her spirit out to stab her with a needle so that Elizabeth would be eithe
Arthur Miller, author of The Crucible, wrote John Proctor to be a tragic hero, a man that consequently falls from his euphoria because of a panic-stricken village, driven by fear to rid their world of evil. John Proctor, through his weighty decisions, is able to save himself; not from death but from himself. When John was looking for forgiveness and guidance from Elizabeth, she would tell him that she couldn't judge him, for it is not her place to do so. She tells him that he has to make the decisions for himself, and then whatever they may be they are from a good man's heart. "John, it come to naught that I should forgive you, if you'll not forgive yourself. It is not my soul John it is yours. Only be sure of this, for I know it now: Whatever you will do, it is a good man that does it." (Pg. 137) r hung or jailed. By pushing Elizabeth out of John's life, Abigail thought that John would rediscover his love for her. In an attempt to save his wife's life, he pressures his maidservant, Mary Warren, to confess that the group of girls crying "witchery" was faking. When Abigail breaks Mary's confession by scaring her publicly, Mary turns and accuses John of coming to her in the night and threatening her for her life if she didn't save Elizabeth. John, being accused of witchery, had no choice but to be jailed and hung in order to further cleanse the country of evil. On the day of John's hanging, Minister Hale and Judge Danforth came to him to plead with him to sign the confession. John had to make the decision to either, live a lie and disgrace his
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Approximate Word count = 1052
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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