Thursday, September 18, 2014
John Proctor, Hero or Stooge?
John Proctor of Salem. He is a very interesting character, from having affairs and committing adultery to being accused of witchcraft and hanged for it, he has had quiet a time in The Crucible. In my opinion, he was a stooge, because the fact that he got Abigail into this since they had an affair with each other when Proctor was married to Elizabeth, got Abigail into witchcraft to try and get John Proctor as her husband, this probably wouldn't have gotten to the point where he dies too being accused of witchcraft. If only he didn't get in an affair he probably would have lived without being accused of witchcraft and adultery (cheating on Elizabeth with Abigail). It might not all be Proctors fault because Abigail might have liked Proctor without him knowing so maybe even if he didn't commit adultery with Abigail, it just might have been Abigail's obsession with John Proctor.
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Aside the spelling quite wrong as quiet, the entire piece is alright. It is pretty unfair to say that it's John Proctor's fault for getting in an affair with Abigail because this event was part of the predestination that Puritans follow. Telling Proctor to reject the "future" God had given him is basically flat out telling him to no longer be a devoted Puritan which would have ended up with his death anyway.
ReplyDeleteIn a way it is John Proctor's fault but you seem to be focused on the fact that he committed a great sin, adultery. Was there any other reasons he was a stooge?
ReplyDeleteHow did he bring Abigail into the whole mess? It's not like he WANTED her to call witchcraft on people. Also, I agree with Brandon, how it seems your whole piece is based off of John committing adultery, not because of what else he did/failed to do, like not being able to recite all 10 commandments and forcing Mary Warren to confess to the court how there was no Devil from the beginning.
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