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This 3 page paper argues that John Proctor from "The Crucible" and David Merrill from "Guilty by Suspicion" are tragic heroes, not in the classical sense, but for today. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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both are destroyed by forces outside their control. This paper argues that it is possible to consider them as modern tragic heroes. Discussion Most scholars agree that in order for
a person to be considered a "tragic" hero, he has to be larger-than-life to begin with. We are not interested in the destruction of ordinary men; but in the fall
of giants. Thats why tragic heroes are often kings and princes along the lines of Oedipus and Hamlet. This is also why Willy Loman in Millers play Death of a
salesman, pathetic as he is, is not a tragic hero in the classic sense of the term. If we are going to classify Proctor and Merrill in this way, then
we have to see if they are men of stature, even if they are not royalty or noblemen. John Proctor and his wife Elizabeth live in Salem, Massachusetts, and the
play is set during the Salem witch trials. John has made a bad mistake: he had an affair with Abigail Williams, a teenager (Miller, 2003). He has ended it and
no longer has feelings for her; in fact, he is trying to rebuild his marriage to Elizabeth (Miller, 2003). Abigail, however, thinks she is still in love with him and
is wildly jealous of Elizabeth (Miller, 2003). Abigail is also the leader of the towns young women, and she and her friends were caught dancing in the woods (Miller,
2003). They deny that they were involved in witchcraft and claim they were doing nothing more than dancing (Miller, 2003). But one of the girls falls unconscious and soon the
townspeople believe that witchcraft is involved (Miller, 2003). Abigail accuses Elizabeth of being a witch; Proctor is furious and convinces his maid, Mary, one of Abigails girls, to testify that
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