Crucible Proctors Choice
Throughout history, and Arthur Miller's The Crucible, the name by which one is called, is more than just a name. Your name represents your actions, your reputation, and your beliefs. Your name can carry on after your life as a proud example of hero, or conversely, as an example of a liar. Just as important as one's name, is the signature that it represents . By signing something, one shows that they recognize what is written and wishes to show support for what it represents. A signature is as unique as the person signing it. One can be held accountable for all which he or she marks with his or her signature. The significance of signatures is well displayed in The Crucible. In the play, John Proctor's signature is used to represent a false confession to witchery. Throughout the Crucible, John Proctor's devotion to his own code of ethics, and the value he attached to his name, consistently superseded his loyalty to the community. Those who confessed lived; those that denied involvement were hung. While some chose to live and as a result falsely a
Proctor also realized that he held an influential position in Salem and that, by admitting to witchery, he would supply reason to believe that the entire trial was indeed valid. He says, "I speak my sins; I cannot judge another. dmitted to witchcraft, John Proctor stood strong and refused to sign a false confession so that he may leave his family with a good name, resist condemning his fellow accused, and die an honest man. He decided that a lie was a minute sin in comparison to voluntarily giving up the life with which God blessed him. Knowing this was enough for Proctor to die with his integrity. 108) He did give up his life, but by doing so he saved the reputations of his sons and his condemned friends. In the end, John Proctor dies, along with eighteen other innocent men and women. His wife had been sentenced to death and he had confessed to adultery. Because of committing adultery, he knew what it was like to live with a bad reputation and did not want his sons to have to live with a name marked by witchcraft. By the end of the play, John felt as though he had been stripped of all. He decided to die an honest man rather than live a life which would only be made possible by a publicized lie. Reverend Hale also realized this and up until the second Proctor is hung, he was insistent that Proctor confess. He believed that God would recognize his good intentions and save him.
Common topics in this essay:
John Proctor,
Reverend Hale,
Miller's Crucible,
John Proctor's,
Reverend Parris,
Proctor Miller,
Knowing Proctor,
john proctor,
,
false confession,
play john,
reverend hale,
condemning fellow,
die honest,
john proctor's,
|
Acceptance Essays
