Act 3 of the Crucible is the climax
of the story. Act 3 is full of
dramatic and situational irony- dramatic in that Elizabeth lies about her
husband’s affair because she doesn’t know Proctor already confessed, and
situational because it defies the usual good vs. evil and light vs. dark
battle. It becomes obvious to the reader that John Proctor is the “good guy”-
while moral wise he is anything but. The prosecutors are seen as evil, while
they claim to be working for God to rid the world of sin. It is hard to label
the antagonist and protagonist because of the motives. Most of the people in
Salem who are accusing people of being witches truly believe that they are
doing good and helping people, even though the reader can obviously tell that
they are committing a crime. Meanwhile, John Proctor, who is trying to
exonerate the accused, is an adulterer and unfaithful man. Both parties have a
paradoxical double standard to their motives.
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