John Proctor The Half Stooge Half Hero

Is John Proctor a stooge or is he a hero? That would be that’s hard one. Saying he is either or is like saying, “Trix are for kids.”  Trixs were developed for kids, but to be honest nobody follows that rule. Same goes for Mr. Proctor. Yes he is a stooge to some extent but he can’t really be a stooge without being a hero. So, yes he is a stooge for the sole reason that he lied, and if we follow Puritan beliefs, that’s pretty horrible… according to them. But in general think about the guy could have prevented his own death, and maybe a few others. Put it this way, if he were to follow the honestly is the best policy stuff, his wife wouldn’t have been in so much trouble, Abby would be silenced, and he would get his punishment. The fact the runs away from the truth by trying to hide that he had an affair with Abby and making things worse on his wife show how stooge like and douche like he really is. I mean running away from something that severe shows how selfish, inconsiderate and over all stooge like he is.

But you could never actually call him a full on stooge, and he would be classified as a hero. I mean how many husbands do you know that go to court to save a wife they seem to have no interest in? Not only that bet he admitted to having an affair with Abby just to save his wife. He even gave what sounded like a really honest testimony for his wife just to save her. In the end, he went to Salem, testified for her, and in a way he also died for her. In the end, he did one of the most heroic things a husband can do. So yes Proctor may have been a douche and stooge, but you can’t fully classify him like that, because as pathetic and ridiculous as he may have acted, he did one of the most heroic things a husband could have done.