1. John Proctor is a major character in the Crucible. He is also very dynamic and a 'foil'. Dynamic means that he is changing throughout the story, while a 'foil' is someone who's personality traits sort of contradict each other. At the beginning of the play, we perceive John as a devoted husband and farmer, but, as he evolves we see that he isn't as perfect as we thought. Through Act II he almost comes off as a jerk to his wife, and we see borderline resentment. Then at the end of the act, John switches back to that devoted husband and overall good man by showing us that he genuinely cares about the accused witches. Now, John is a foil character because you wouldn't suspect that a husband of three boys and a farmer that lives miles out of town would be an adulteror, especially with such a young girl. He proves to the audience that he's a real human, too.
2. John has overall good qualities. He knows right from wrong and has good morals. What I admire most about John is that he doesn't just believe anything that is preached to him. He openly comes out in Act I and says he doesn't believe in witchcraft. That was such a bold move, especially as a Puritan! I think that cheating on his wife is the biggest mistake of his life in his eyes. He can't live it down because his wife won't let him. I don't believe that he had any evil motive to do such a thing. John deeply regrets it. I don't know what kind of emotion that overcame him in that moment.
3. John faces a man vs. society style conflict. His wife and dear friends have just been accused of witchcraft and it is beyond his control. He does anything in his power to convince the others of their innocence, but they don't listen to him. This particular conflict complicates his life by restricting him from giving justice to his wife. Another conflict that John possesses is man vs. man. John vs. Abigail, to be more specific. We all know that Elizabeth and John have been having marital problems in Act II, and I think this conflict in particular puts a lot of strain on them. Elizabeth begs John to tell the town of Abigail's false accusations, but he isn't sure he can. This is an interesting conflict in the aspect that we don't know what is going to happen. Will Abigail win? Or, will John? I believe that John will overcome both of these conflicts in the remainder of the play. I don't know how, but I know he will.
