If an entire society is against you would you be willing to compromise your integrity to escape strain on your relationship with a community? John Procter stood in a church full of angry and scared Puritans. These Puritans wanted to commit murder and lock people up because they were looking to blame someone for their fear. In the play The Crucible, the author Arthur Miller wrote about the Salem witch trials of 1692. At first glance, this may seem like a story about witches, children, and religion. As the story unfolds characters like John Proctor stands out because of his sense of integrity. I believe that Arthur Miller was attempting to tell us not to give up integrity even if an entire society is pressuring you to do so. He shows this through a few people that speak out against the injustice of the court even though society is pressuring them to give up their integrity to save themselves.
Throughout the entirety of the play, Proctor refuses to give up his integrity and lie to the court. One time proctor refused to give up his integrity to the court when he says “because it is my …show more content…
Elizabeth shows this when she says “you must go to Salem, John. Tell them it is a fraud.”(1237) she says this when she is attempting to convince John Proctor to do the right thing and tell the court that the girl’s stories are a farce. Another time someone attempts to convince someone to do the right thing is when Rebecca Nurse is attempting to convince the town that Betty is not in fact possessed by the devil but is instead in one of her “silly seasons” stating that she will “wake when she tires of it.”(1226) Even though Rebecca Nurse states this she is quickly contradicted by a more prominent figure in society, Mrs. Putnam. This shows integrity because Rebecca Nurse went against the popular opinion that Betty was possessed by the devil and stated what she
Throughout the entirety of the play, Proctor refuses to give up his integrity and lie to the court. One time proctor refused to give up his integrity to the court when he says “because it is my …show more content…
Elizabeth shows this when she says “you must go to Salem, John. Tell them it is a fraud.”(1237) she says this when she is attempting to convince John Proctor to do the right thing and tell the court that the girl’s stories are a farce. Another time someone attempts to convince someone to do the right thing is when Rebecca Nurse is attempting to convince the town that Betty is not in fact possessed by the devil but is instead in one of her “silly seasons” stating that she will “wake when she tires of it.”(1226) Even though Rebecca Nurse states this she is quickly contradicted by a more prominent figure in society, Mrs. Putnam. This shows integrity because Rebecca Nurse went against the popular opinion that Betty was possessed by the devil and stated what she