Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, meets the criteria in order for the play to be recognized an
American tragedy, such as many of the characters are a hero in some way, but receive certain, harsh consequences for past decisions. This work of literature emphasizes that corruption of people's hearts leads to the downfall of society. John Proctor, Miller’s protagonist, is a man of great admiration in the small town of Salem who inadvertently is the cause of the Salem witch trials. His sin is his big downfall and also the downfall of other innocent individuals. Although he tries to correct and fix his wrongs, he is too late and ironically dooms himself. By suffering as his neighbors and friends have, Proctor learns a valuable lesson that ends up saving his soul from …show more content…
His attempt To prove himself to be truthful and fix the problem he was in charge of causing, he had to prove that Elizabeth was truthful and promised the court “ she have never lied” and would not. His plan backfired though because he never took into account that his wife would try to protect him and deny that he had an affair with
Abby. The irony in this situation is that when he tried to fix his mistakes he ended up dooming himself because now the court does not trust his word. Later on Proctor is accused of witchcraft by someone he thought of always as truthful, Mary Warren, after she was pressured by all the girls, the court, and himself. This went to show that even the people he thought were close to him could be cowardice and malicious to save themselves sort of like he had done before by not speaking out at the right time. Her confession that he has signed the “Devil’s book” is justification to Proctor that people are only going along with this witch idea to save their own skin and face. He tells Danforth that “God damns our kind especially” (Act II) because they are not doing His work, but are on the wrong side and have taken God, logic, and reason out of
American tragedy, such as many of the characters are a hero in some way, but receive certain, harsh consequences for past decisions. This work of literature emphasizes that corruption of people's hearts leads to the downfall of society. John Proctor, Miller’s protagonist, is a man of great admiration in the small town of Salem who inadvertently is the cause of the Salem witch trials. His sin is his big downfall and also the downfall of other innocent individuals. Although he tries to correct and fix his wrongs, he is too late and ironically dooms himself. By suffering as his neighbors and friends have, Proctor learns a valuable lesson that ends up saving his soul from …show more content…
His attempt To prove himself to be truthful and fix the problem he was in charge of causing, he had to prove that Elizabeth was truthful and promised the court “ she have never lied” and would not. His plan backfired though because he never took into account that his wife would try to protect him and deny that he had an affair with
Abby. The irony in this situation is that when he tried to fix his mistakes he ended up dooming himself because now the court does not trust his word. Later on Proctor is accused of witchcraft by someone he thought of always as truthful, Mary Warren, after she was pressured by all the girls, the court, and himself. This went to show that even the people he thought were close to him could be cowardice and malicious to save themselves sort of like he had done before by not speaking out at the right time. Her confession that he has signed the “Devil’s book” is justification to Proctor that people are only going along with this witch idea to save their own skin and face. He tells Danforth that “God damns our kind especially” (Act II) because they are not doing His work, but are on the wrong side and have taken God, logic, and reason out of