characters and there are evil characters; no one rides the fence. Everything in this play is

black or white; there's hardly any gray. There are heroes and there are villains. Abigail

Williams is certainly the villain. John Proctor is certainly the hero. While Abigail is

clearly evil, and there is hardly a streak of good in her, John Proctor is not without blame.

There are others in the play who are easily more representative of good-Rebecca Nurse,

for example, but none quite have the heroic flare of Proctor. The character of John

Proctor is certainly the hero of The Crucible, as evidenced by his commitment to those he

cares about, and his personal integrity, however John Proctor is far from perfect.

One of Proctor's most endearing qualities is that he is not a selfish man. He

usually puts others before himself and he is very committed to those around him; he is

very committed to his community. In a puritan society in 1692, many things were done as

a community. The community pulled together to accomplish tasks quickly that would

take a long time to complete alone. A man would help a neighbor

commitment to his family. Despite his shameful past, he tries to be a very gentle, loving

thinking to protect her. Although he is not actually her father, Proctor treats Mary Warren

seem to outnumber his redeeming qualities. His most obvious flaw is the affair he had

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