The cruciable
The cruciableJohn Proctor had a “sharp and biting way with hypocrites.” A hypocrite represents a person who pretends to be what he or she is not (Webster’s New World Collegiate Dictionary). Proctor tries his hardest to keep his wife’s innocence safe. He may seem to be a nice man, but he does a lot that changes his appearance making people realize that he is a fraud.
John Proctor’s hidden transgression of hating hypocrisy causes him a great deal of madness. Thus, Proctor’s hate of hypocrisy leads to belief that this may not be true from the events Proctor has taken place in. He broke the “social moral laws” of having sex with someone other than he is devoted to, or other than his wife, Elizabeth. The day Proctor was in the woods he said, “he saw the girls dancing, but did not see any form of witchcraft.” Later, Proctor is in court and is accused of practicing witchcraft. This is not good for Proctor at all because this action makes him a hypocrite instead of hating hypocrites. Though Proctor is a hypocrite himself, he protects the ones whom he loves.
John Proctor says, “Why, I—I would free my wife, sir,” to protect his wife because he has some respect for his wife. John protects his wife in all the ways he can to get her out of his life in the safest way for her. Proctor says, in protection of his wife, “In her life, sir, she have never lied. There are them that cannot sing and them that cannot weep—my wife cannot lie. I have paid much to learn it, sir.” Whether or not Proctor is telling the truth, he wants Elizabeth to live the...
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