John Proctor's integrity was surely investigated. ... Miller was fined and given a thirty day s pended jail sentence because he spoke out like John Proctor in The Crucible (Griffin 7). ... The story is t d in John Proctor's perspective (Barron's Booknotes 7 - 8). ...
The Play Crucible is a fictional re-call of events in the American history surrounding the Salem witch trials of the seventeenth century which also provide the metaphor for Miller's parable of the Mc Carthy trials of the 1950s, John Proctor's agonising struggle with guilt emphasises the restrictive nature of the Puritan society. ... Miller fought to maintain his dignity and his principles, like his John Proctor in the play who stood up to what he believed in to the end. ... When John Proctor is asked to recall his Ten Commandments, he forgets adultery. ...
