Honesty In The Crucible
“It is better to die with integrity than it is to compromise a principle in order to live.”
There are several characters in Arthur Miller’s play “The Crucible”, that despite their accusation of witchcraft, choose the truth before lying and going against their morals, knowing it would claim their lives. The quote can relate to characters like Rebecca Nurse, Giles Corey, and to some extent, John Proctor. They believe that honesty should come before conformity and that you should never betray your ideals even if lying could grant you another day.
The first character to die preserving his morals was Giles Corey. Giles is an 81 year-old man who lives in Salem village with his wife Martha. When the accusations of witchcraft began, Giles became …show more content…
In the first part of the play, John goes to Reverend Parris’ home to see Betty, but is cornered by Abigail Williams, who was his housemaid, before being fired when his wife discovered an affair. Abigail tries to seduce John, saying she waits for him at night, but John refuses her advances leaves. Following his departure, Betty rises and begins pointing fingers at several women in village who are witches. Abigail joins in and immediately accuses John’s wife, Elizabeth. Abigail saw this as a chance to get John to herself. Later, Marry Warren, the Proctor’s current servant confesses that all of the girls were lying and pretending to be bewitched in court and John takes her in front of the Judge. When Abigail is asked if it’s true, she denies it and lead the other girls to taunt Marry mercilessly into incriminating John. He protested that the trials were a joke and the girls were faking, but his infidelity had arisen instead when he spoke of his private engagement with Abigail at the Reverend’s home. John is arrested for witchcraft. He could’ve lied and admitted to it but he remained silent, resulting in being tortured. His wife, in a last ditch effort to make John confess, tries instead to protect his name, and lies about the affair and is sentenced to hang after she gives birth. Several of the court members convince him to write a confession, but knowing the letter would be posted on the church wall compels John to
There are several characters in Arthur Miller’s play “The Crucible”, that despite their accusation of witchcraft, choose the truth before lying and going against their morals, knowing it would claim their lives. The quote can relate to characters like Rebecca Nurse, Giles Corey, and to some extent, John Proctor. They believe that honesty should come before conformity and that you should never betray your ideals even if lying could grant you another day.
The first character to die preserving his morals was Giles Corey. Giles is an 81 year-old man who lives in Salem village with his wife Martha. When the accusations of witchcraft began, Giles became …show more content…
In the first part of the play, John goes to Reverend Parris’ home to see Betty, but is cornered by Abigail Williams, who was his housemaid, before being fired when his wife discovered an affair. Abigail tries to seduce John, saying she waits for him at night, but John refuses her advances leaves. Following his departure, Betty rises and begins pointing fingers at several women in village who are witches. Abigail joins in and immediately accuses John’s wife, Elizabeth. Abigail saw this as a chance to get John to herself. Later, Marry Warren, the Proctor’s current servant confesses that all of the girls were lying and pretending to be bewitched in court and John takes her in front of the Judge. When Abigail is asked if it’s true, she denies it and lead the other girls to taunt Marry mercilessly into incriminating John. He protested that the trials were a joke and the girls were faking, but his infidelity had arisen instead when he spoke of his private engagement with Abigail at the Reverend’s home. John is arrested for witchcraft. He could’ve lied and admitted to it but he remained silent, resulting in being tortured. His wife, in a last ditch effort to make John confess, tries instead to protect his name, and lies about the affair and is sentenced to hang after she gives birth. Several of the court members convince him to write a confession, but knowing the letter would be posted on the church wall compels John to