The beginning of the play starts out when Parris, the town Reverend, says that he saw a number of the town girls dancing naked in the forest. Parris

Cheever: Will you please give it to me?

Proctor states these lines at the end of the play when he is fighting with his conscience over whether to confess to witchcraft and save himself from the scaffold. The judges and Hale have almost convinced him to, but the last stumbling move is his signature on the confession, which he cannot bring himself to do. This unwillingness reflects his longing not to dishonor his fellow prisoners. The Crucible is story about trying to put the blame on someone else so that there will be no punishment or blame put on the one who started it. A plan to get back at someone because of envy and rivalry, spirals out of control into a time period where trials of being a witch and when many innocent people die because of their status. John Proctor may have died n the end, but died with pride and dignity and most importantly, his name. Even though superstition ran through the town and killed many innocent people, it also brought awareness to the people that lost the one they were fighting for in a battle of who should get it.

Because I lie and sign myself to lies! Because I am not worth the

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