Crucible

It was with ardent horror that the prehistoric man first witnessed a solar eclipse---the sun swallowed by the predator moon until all light ceased and darkness fell on to the land. We, the more enlightened descendants, have also suffered eclipses. One such eclipse was the darkness of evil that fell upon Salem in 1692, when many men and women were accused of compacting with the Devil. These charges were what elevated into the feared atrocity known …

…turned from cowardly to courageous. By doing this he strengthened the rebellious cause and erased doubt in the minds of the condemned. Arthur Miller, author of The Crucible, wrote John Proctor to be a tragic hero, a man that consequently falls from his euphoria because of a panic-stricken village, driven by fear to rid their world of evil. John Proctor, through his weighty decisions, is able to save himself; not from death but from himself.