John Proctor: Hero or Stooge

     I think John Proctor is a stooge because he doesn't fit the qualities of a hero. A hero saves people, fights for whats right, or what's best for everyone. He let a lot of innocent people die and he couldn't even save himself. When he went to court to try and prove Elizabeth innocent but fails and gets hung. What truly makes him a stooge is how he ends up being hung.

     While in court Proctor tells a bunch of lies of how he works for the devil and tells the judge how he lied about everything. However in the end he refused to sign his testimony. By doing this he gets hanged and fails his mission. What makes it worse is that he lied before getting hanged. If he had lied and signed the testimony he would've gotten to live. If he had told the truth he would've died but he would've gone to heaven. By lying and refusing to sign the testimony he gets hanged and he has to go to hell. So he just screwed himself in both ways. This is why I think he is a stooge.