Essay On The Crucible

Essay On The Crucible

Author Note:   the question I had to answer in this essay was what character chamged the most in the play.   I don't remember exactly what the grade was I got, but it was a A or high B for sure.   Hope you find it helpful.

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Crucible Essay
Essay #2
Of all of the character in the Crucible, John Proctor changed the most.   Few, if any, of the other character went through the changes Proctor went through.   He went from some farmer trying to fix his marriage, to a symbol of the courts run amuck.
Proctor was described as being in his middle thirties, a powerful man who was respected in the town.   But that only describes Proctor's physical appearance, there is a passage in the play that I think describes Proctor's mental state better than I could so here it is.   "But as we shall see, the steady manner he displays does not spring from an untroubled soul.   He is a sinner,…,but against his own vision of decent conduct. … Proctor, respected and even feared in Salem, has come to regard himself as a kind of a fraud.   But no hint of this has yet appeared on the surface…"   This describes Proctor very well.   In that quote you learn that Proctor has a big secret, that would ruin his reputation in the town, this secret turns out be Proctors main motivation in the beginning of the play.   So with that in mind let's examine Proctors behavior through the acts, then see how he changed.
Proctor first makes his appearance in Rev. Parris's house.   He has come to town to get the girl working at his house, Mary Warren.   On his way to town he hears the accusations of witchcraft, which he himself doesn't believe.   When he goes upstairs to find Mary he is left briefly alone with Abigail Williams, here is when you find out his secret.   Apparently Abigail used to work at his house.   Then one night the had an affair in the barn.   Abby still has feelings for Procter, and believes that Procter has feelings for her...