The Crucible: Change In The Face Of Injustice

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Change in the Face of Injustice Everyone can go with the mob, but to go against the majority and fight for justice takes courage. In the play, The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, John Proctor, the protagonist, fights against injustice in his town and eventually sacrifices himself to preserve his principles. John is a well- respected man who has a terrible burden which torments him. Seven months ago he had an affair with Abigail, a former servant in his household. And so throughout the play he develops from a man ashamed of himself into a man who sacrifices himself for his dignity and the public good. John transforms from being selfish to being loyal and finally to being dignified because injustice inspires him to change.
At the beginning of the play John Proctor’s selfishness leads him to passively accept the injustice that he sees. When John gets home one day, he has a conversation with his wife, Elizabeth. She brings up the news that fourteen people were put in jail for accusations of witchcraft and repeatedly asks him to go to Salem to disprove that witchcraft exists in the town. She suspects Abigail started the accusations and John responds saying, “If the girl’s a saint now, I think it is not easy to prove she’s fraud...She told me it in a room alone-I have no proof for it” (1124). John is selfish because he could have prevented or ended the witch trials prematurely but choose not to. With Abigail’s word and his good credibility he could have convinced people …show more content…
At the beginning, John is selfish and therefore passively accepts injustice until it affects him. In the midst of his change John acts loyal to his friends and wife even when faced with injustice in the courtroom. In his final stage of change he discovers his resistance to injustice helps him regain his dignity. Change is not always easy, but it is necessary in the face of
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