Proctor-Man

John Proctor reminds me of Batman. Not in the literal sense, seeing as how I doubt John Proctor has ever fought the Joker, yet they are both tragic heroes. John Proctor's fatal flaw is how important his name is to him. He refuses to betray his friends when asked to sell them out to the court, because he cannot sign his name to the document for the town to see or his name would be tarnished, and he would have to live with the guilt. Batman has a fatal flaw as well, and that his inability to kill. This does not seem like a bad thing, but when bad guys are constantly trying kill him and the many civilians of Gotham, it would help he didn't focus on arresting them rather than finishing the job. In  many iterations of Batman, his refusal to kill has been his downfall, as it much harder to detain an insane criminal with super powers, rather kill him/her/it, believe it or not. Batman's and John Proctor's fatal flaw make them great characters, and tragic heroes respectively.
Not only are they both tragic heroes, but I would describe them both as role models. John Proctor is role model because he cannot sell out his friends to the court, because he will not be able to his children, "how to walk like men in the world," (Miller 207). For this reason, John Proctor is a role model to his kids because they can see he did not show cowardice in the face of death, and would not betray his friends. This is similar to Batman because he pretty much does that every day. He runs into danger to protect the lives of the innocent, there is no greater role model. He was every little boy's hero, simply because he is Batman.