John Proctor the hero or the stooge?

WIlliam Jamison , Hero or Stooge?
A hero or heroine is a person that in the face of danger and adversity  or from a position of weakness, displays courage, bravery or self-sacrifice—that is, heroism—for some greater good, a definition from the source of Wikipedia. A stooge is a person who serves merely to support or assist others, particularly in doing unpleasant work. Two very diverse words that have totally different meaning. John Proctor is not the purest of the pure nor the worst of the worst. His decisions to not go to church making excuses because he does not like a certain person, not to baptize his child, and  commiting adultery with the whore of the town Abigail, shows that he is definitely not perfect.
In my opinion I do believe that he falls more along the hero side of things  because of his brave acts he had done. Telling truth about his affair with Abigail and committing adultery.  His choices at the beginning choosing not be faithful and create this whole mess pushes him towards being a stooge, but the deeper and deeper you go into the play you can tell that his goal is to bring Abigail and these girls to justice. Do to their outrageous blame game of vengeance that is corrupting the town. Though he did not succeed , ending up walking to his death . Then going back towards being a stooge by saying he is a liar and works with the devil basically asking to be hanged when he has children that need a father figure making his decision selfish.  Not signing his confession told the reader he wanted death. Through out the play John makes good and bad decisions keeping him between a stooge and a hero . I dont truly agree with his decision to die but it shows how he feels about whats going on in the town and all the talk around him.