Essay

A tragic hero often times pertains to the nature or character of a person. Their attributes may include having a tragic flaw, falling from a great height in society and most importantly meeting a death which causes the audience to mourn for this person. There are many ways in which John Proctor of The crucible by Arthur Miller may be considered a tragic hero. Some of these ways include that he realized all his mistakes and confessed all his sins. Another characteristic that makes John Proctor a tragic hero is his tragic flaw and his final tragic death. All these attributes make a tragic hero, John Proctor possesses all of them and therefore he is a tragic hero.

John Proctor was a tragic hero because he had a tragic flaw. His unfortunate flaw was that he had a physical attraction for Abigail Williams. When his wife became...