The Crucible: John Proctor And John Hale - Good Citizen Vs. Good Perso
The Crucible: John Proctor and John Hale - Good Citizen vs. Good Person
In The Crucible, Arthur Miller portrays the two main characters, John
Proctor and Reverend John Hale as "good men". The term "good men" in this play
is ambiguous. Reverend John Hale was a good man in the sense of being the
perfect and good citizen of Massachusetts in the 1600's. He was pious, adherent
to the laws and beliefs, and a good Puritan Christian. John Proctor, on the
contrary would not be considered the greatest citizen. He was not so religious,
nor the perfect Christian, and was not so adherent to the Puritan's laws and
beliefs. However, he was still considered a "good man", as a person rather than
being an ideal Puritan citizen. He was very honest, moral, loyal to his friends
and family, and was generous. The major difference between the two are good
citizen vs. good person.
The most important trait to prove that John Proctor was a good person
was his honesty. In every scene in the play that......
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