Conflict In Oleanna

John’s name is important to him as he says in Act 4, and he is willing to give it up for his wife and it is worth it. John is honorable because his wife is the most important person in his life, and he would do anything for her. John is a good husband because of his selfless actions toward his wife. John’s portrays honor throughout The Crucible in his loyalty, the good he gives to others and he's a good husband.

During the beginning of the play he fails to realize how much he hurt Elizabeth when he committed adultery. John was criticized and treated with a very much deserved cold reception from his wife. But John lacks empathy as he asks her to look sometimes for the goodness in [him], and judge [him] not” (Miller 55). He’s asking her to look past his affair as if this would be an easy task for his committed wife. But however John is able to redeem himself, and change himself for the better.

When his wife, Elizabeth, was being questioned by the court for being accused of witchcraft, John reveals his affair with Abigail, the one who accused Elizabeth, “She thinks to dance with me on my wife's grave!” (Act 3) This quote shows Abigail's jealousy and lust, which puts her as a disgrace to the court. This effects John because his reputation becomes destroyed, but he does it to protect his wife because it's the right thing to

She wants revenge, and her revenge results in John's tragic downfall. John's affair is not the only flaw that he possesses. John's attempt at saving his reputation is what eventually leads to his demise. He wants to save his reputation and knows the only way to end the turmoil in his community, is to admit to his affair with Abigail. He knows the confession would ruin his good name and end the hysteria in his community.

For example, John openly discusses his disdain for Parris, expressing the Reverend’s avarice despite his oath of poverty as a clergyman. John is clearly critical of those weighed by hypocrisy, but he himself is such a person. Miller continues his characterization of John saying, “He is a sinner, a sinner not only against the moral fashion of the time, but against his own vision of decent conduct.” (45). The severity of John’s pretense is understood by the reader when his affair with Abigail is revealed.

She feels like she had a part to play in with the affair. As a result of Elizabeth saying that, John doesn't take it. He gets upset with her and says that she is was never in the wrong, but he was. Elizabeth towards the end of Act IV constantly reinsured him that whatever decisions he makes, she knows that a good man is behind

This leaves John feeling unhappy and causes Bernard to make the remark “You’re more like what you were at Malpais,”. Bernards failure to realize how to help John adjust and the parts of him that are unable to change gives the reader better insight as to why John is failing to enjoy his time in

John is not all innocent, he had his moments of losing temper; however, accusing him of rape was a lie and he does not deserve to be criminally charged. Carol is plotting with her group to destroy his reputation merely because they don’t agree with his point of view. Everyone is entitled to have different opinion, but that does not give anyone the right to start false accusations only to prove a point. The only thing he did was put his arms around her shoulders and she is distorting the story to a very serious accusation. John ultimately looses his composure when Carol says “ don’t call your wife baby.

This quote reveals, Elizabeth’s genuine understanding and faithfulness in her husband. She believes that John carries the burden of his own guilt, which is a lucid indication that he has a sense of morality. John feels this guilt, as he recognizes and takes responsibility for the sin he commits, against his wife. Additionally, due to John’s guilty conscience, he also realizes the value and tenderness that his wife brings him. He accepts his misdoings, and never utters a blame against his wife, for his actions.

People in the Crucible thought he was an honorable man and that no honorable man will ever sin. So when John and Abigail meet each other, Abigail flirts with John, and John say, “No, no, Abby. That’s done with.” So we know he has committed adultery against his wife, Elizabeth Proctor, with Abigail Williams and that gives us a bad image of John sinning and commiting adultery with Abigail and doesn’t really respect his wife.

The Crucible – Zaynab Zahra Choose a play in which there is a character important to the theme. Explain how this character effects the understanding of this theme. ‘The Crucible’ by Arthur Miller is a play in which there is a character, John Proctor, who is important to the theme of reputation. Proctor, in the play faces a moral dilemma of whether to confess his sin of his relationship with Abigail Williams, or allow his wife and others accused of witchcraft, to die. Miller uses an allegory in this play, using Salem as a symbol of McCarthyism in 1950s America.

In the play Oleanna written by highly esteemed playwright, David Mamet, there is an ongoing dissension between main characters John and Carol. John is Carol’s professor at a highly revered college and Carol comes to John crying out for help to pass his course. Carol goes ballistic in John’s office so John tries to comfort her and offers her a compromise in order to get her grade up, which would involve them meeting a couple times in his office. Carol perceives John’s words and actions the wrong way and goes to the Tenure Committee of the college and files a complaint for sexual assault, which would later turn into a rape charge. I am antagonistic towards Carol in David Mamet’s play, Oleanna, because she distorts the intentions of John’s

21). This quote shows the reader about John’s personality and also a little bit about what he looks like, which is hard to do with just dialogue. One stage direction that also helps to develop John’s personality is, “Then he lifts out the ladle and tastes. He is not quite pleased. He reaches to a cupboard, takes a pinch of salt, and drops it into the pot.

We must build again.” With John’s optimism to rebuild and learn, his passion to share his knowledge gives hope to bring back the civilization that has been lost to warfare and hate. He says on page 8, “Perhaps in the old days they ate knowledge too fast. “ With this he acknowledges that he will learn from the mistakes evident

The crisis of identity is a very significant turning point in the development in this play. It effectively creates sympathy in the audience through the change in character’s speech style and the act of an “other” in the play conforming to what society demands of him. The first character I would like to bring up is our protagonist, Othello. Being the main protagonist, which most of the play revolves around, a lot of attention is given to him by the audience which makes the crisis of his identity the most significant.