John Proctor was given the chance to be free, but he did not take it “because it is my name! Because I cannot have another in my life! Because I lie and sign myself to lies! [...] How can I live without my name? […] Leave me my name!” (Miller 133). I understand how important a name is. I believe they are important. Names give people an identity. It is almost like a form of comfort. In contemporary times, I believe dying for a name is idiotic. There are things someone can do to make his or her life better with a different name. Back then, it makes more sense that Proctor died for his name. It was more difficult to move around so it was for the best that a family stayed in one place until something drastic happened. In the United States’
