... a stand against corruption is epitomized by several characters in the play, for example John Proctor who shows him self to be a man of good character and an upstanding citizen who is looked up to by the other inhabitants. Although he had an affair with a young girl in his employ, Abigail Williams, ... he had been given carte blanche to usurp authority at every level. He held two presidents captive - or as nearly captive as any presidents of the United States have ever been held. From 1950 to late 1954 Harry S Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower could not act without weighing up the effect of ...

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