Proctor, hero or Villain? Essay

keep an eye on chooses the easy way to escape troubles, as it is a chance to avoid facing up to his responsibilities. He empower his own reputation above the well being and happiness of his family. As he cries out Because it is my name because I can non have a nonher in my disembodied spirit Which finally shows that proctor is apprehensive towards his reputation in the community more than anything else. It is now visible that proctor is showing definite signs of being a scoundrel and not of a fighter.It is clear that john has committed the crime of lechery however when approached by Abigail again, john rejects her advances despite her insistence he is determined to remain trustworthy and faithful to his wife, despite Abigails reminders of the past. Give me a word john. A word No, no Abby. Thats make with. Abby, Youll put it out of mind. Ill not be coming for you more Which indicates that proctor clearly regrets his past with Abigail and wants Abigail to put it out of mind. As john regrets his affair with Abigail he tries to compel amends to gain Elizabeths trust.The attempts to please Elizabeth are clear, as is shown when the compliment about the cooking and his promise to buy George Jacobs cow Proctor replies to the sagacity of the rabbit It is well seasoned If the crop is good Ill buy George Jacobs heifer. How would that please you? This implies that john is determined to gain Elizabeths forgiveness. Despite the item that Elizabeth has forgiven him. John struggles with forgiving himself, this suggests a more strong conscience on proctors part, and attribute more readily founding in a hero not a villain.Although Proctor seems to dislike reverend parris thought the play. It would appear he had valid reasons. Reverend parris does indeed appear selfish hypocritical and obsessed with monetary gain. Upon discovering Abigails disaperance, Parris is more concerned with the loss of his money than the fact that his niece has absconded as he clearly shows as he replies to Danforth, Thirty one pound is gone. I am penny less Proctor sees through Parriss charade, whilst the rest of the village appear to be blinded.It is proctor who recognises and voices the fact that citizenry seeking revenge passing play the town Salem and not the devil. Proctor attempts to warn the village he does not keep this information to himself theses are clear actions of a hero an a attempt to save those who even would not be saved John Proctor may not have attended church for the last-place seven months but he has good reasons for his absence. Notably, his wife Elizabeth had been sick and proctor being a dutiful husband he turns his total devotion to carefulness for her well being. John is conscious of his absence and ensures hale that he.Surely did come when he could and when he could not he would pray in his house Proctor has similarly been dutiful regarding his responsibilities to the church. He has make his contribution as he has Nailed the roof upon t he church and hung the church door proctor can now be seen in a new light, his acts of helping the community show that Proctor cannot be classed as a villain but a hero. Even though Proctor realises that admitting to his act of adultery with Abigail will ruin his reputation, He does so in aim to save his wifes life.Proctor accepts what he has done and he is prepared to come forward to the court and face the consequences of his actions, the destruction of his good name To Danforth It is a whore I have known her, sir. I have known her. Quietly excepting his fate. Heroically He puts others first even when offered the life of his wife in return for dropping his charge against Abigail and the girls he considers the lives of the some and not him self, Such braveness in a man can only come from a hero not a villain.Proctor does not exclusively die for his name which he admits is already stained, he then later on in the book remembers his friends and suggest that if he confesses he will also be unfaithful to them as well as him self , And I sold my friends Beguile me not I blacken all of them when this is nailed to the church the very(prenominal) day they hang for silence. This quotation suggests that Proctor is afraid that if he confesses that he will also blacken the names of his friends. Proctor recognises that many people will innocently and needlessly die if he gives a false confession.A true hero puts aside his own needs in order to serve the greater good. Proctor is mostly concerned for his sons and the example he is setting them. I have three children-how may I teach them to walk like men in the world This quotation is saying that if he gives his confession he will be shamed as well as his sons, this courageous and heroic decision reveals that proctor is a caring family man that cares for his friends and puts other people first a type of man that cannot be separate as a villain in any respect. Conclusion It is difficult to establish whether Proctor is a h ero or Villain.The evidence is contradictory on the one hand Proctor can be seen as a villain for his wrong doings in the past which involved an affair with a teenage girl named Abigail Williams, This selfish and thought less action precipitates much of the chaos in Salem. Perhaps ultimately he is simply human and has made the mistakes of many. But on the other hand proctor can be seen as a hero to his wife and to his friends, this is shown near to the conclusion of the story when he confesses to the crime of lechery to save his wife and his friends when trying to prove that the girls are lying and it was pretence.In the opinion of the viewers of the book would like for proctor to be a courageous hero, but he only starts to show signs of this during the end of the book but if viewing it as a puritan in the Salem club proctor would seem to be a villain as the amount of evidence shown in the text Show take in only The above preview is unformatted text This student written piece of w ork is one of many that can be found in our GCSE Arthur Miller section.