John proctor, H or S?

John Proctor Hero or Stooge?

              In my personal perspective I would have to say that John Proctor seems to be the hero in the story compared to a stooge that is controlled by the people. The reason I say this is because since the beginning John was never a believer in witch craft, even though the whole town was believing in supernatural powers beyond the Christian control. In 'The Crucible' John proctor seems to portray a character that uses reasoning as his best character trait, even though it's ironic since for the most part we know that him and Abigail had an affair together. Even though he committed adultery he tries his best to keep his relationship with Elizabeth stable. Towards the end we can see that Proctor does all that he has in his power to save his dear wife. This then displays a way on how we can view the character as being a hero. His determination of trying to stop the madness in which people are believing so that he could not only save his wife, but stop the insanity that is caused by beliefs that, to him, make absolutely no sense. Another part in 'The Crucible' to display him being a hero would be when during court he confesses to the sin of adultery that he has committed with Abigail. This shows that even if he knew he would get tried as a sinner he wanted to make sure to confess for the love of his family and for the truth to be told. Even if he was ashamed he didn't bother to stop his revealing as he knew it was the best thing he could possibly do in order to stop some insanity. Towards the end we learn that he was one of the people who ended up dying, but we also know that he did his best in keeping his morality for he knew that his secret was wrong and that he should've stayed faithful to Elizabeth. In the end the chain was broken, liberating others of the madness  thanks to John Proctor who was his own hero.