A question arose in my mind while thinking about Proctor’s decision to die for his name, rather than lie and live with his

On top of the fact that Proctor did not want to lie, he was also reluctant to point the finger at another person as the court wished him to do. “I speak my own sins; I cannot judge another. I have no tongue for it.” Proctor cried out to Danforth and Hale, yet he convinced them not. Proctor also says, “I have three children- how may I teach them to walk like men in the world, and I sold my friends?” Proctor makes an excellent point by stating this, for his decision would linger around his home for the remainder of his family’s lives, and would also be the example for his children. Proctor does not want to teach his children to lie and accuse innocent people of crime they did not commit. After a battle of words between the court and Proctor, the conclusion was finally drawn to hang John Proctor.

wife and children. “Because it is my name! Because I cannot have another in my life! Because I lie and sign myself to lies! Because I am not worth the dust on the feet of them that hang! How may I live without my name? I have given you my soul; leave me my name!” Proctor said this after being informed that his si

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