Integrity And Courage In The Crucible
Integrity and Courage
The Crucible was a very well written play, and gave many themes throughout its entirety. A huge theme was Integrity and Courage. People needed integrity and courage to make it through with their goodness back in the times of witch trials, and people still need it today just so their goodness survives. Many people showed their integrity and courage, but some stood above the rest. Giles Corey died a free man, John Hale stood up to the courts corruption, and then ended up leaving, Rebecca Nurse did not confess, and John Procter died with his name and goodness.
Giles Corey found out how corrupted the court actually was. When he was taken away to jail, he knew the only way to live was to confess, and if he confessed he lost everything he had. He also knew if he died from being hanged as a witch, he would lose everything, so he stood up against the system in a way no other had. In act four, on page 1269, we find out through Elizabeth and John Proctor talking, that Giles Corey never talked, and was pressed to death. The only thing he said …show more content…
He was the most respected man in Salem. After Marry Warren turned against Proctor, to save herself, he just gave up on trying to convince people that the accusations were not true. They took him to prison, and locked him in his own private cellar. When the day came for him to be hung, the court tried to get him to confess. He almost gave in, so he could stay with his family and help take care of them, but then he realized in act four, on page 1272, that if he gives his name to the courts, he damns all of the people who support him, and most of all, his children will not be able to become men with his name if he confesses to a lie. He decides to not confess, and die while his name is still good. That way he still has a chance of having a little good in him, and his family still have a little good with the name of
The Crucible was a very well written play, and gave many themes throughout its entirety. A huge theme was Integrity and Courage. People needed integrity and courage to make it through with their goodness back in the times of witch trials, and people still need it today just so their goodness survives. Many people showed their integrity and courage, but some stood above the rest. Giles Corey died a free man, John Hale stood up to the courts corruption, and then ended up leaving, Rebecca Nurse did not confess, and John Procter died with his name and goodness.
Giles Corey found out how corrupted the court actually was. When he was taken away to jail, he knew the only way to live was to confess, and if he confessed he lost everything he had. He also knew if he died from being hanged as a witch, he would lose everything, so he stood up against the system in a way no other had. In act four, on page 1269, we find out through Elizabeth and John Proctor talking, that Giles Corey never talked, and was pressed to death. The only thing he said …show more content…
He was the most respected man in Salem. After Marry Warren turned against Proctor, to save herself, he just gave up on trying to convince people that the accusations were not true. They took him to prison, and locked him in his own private cellar. When the day came for him to be hung, the court tried to get him to confess. He almost gave in, so he could stay with his family and help take care of them, but then he realized in act four, on page 1272, that if he gives his name to the courts, he damns all of the people who support him, and most of all, his children will not be able to become men with his name if he confesses to a lie. He decides to not confess, and die while his name is still good. That way he still has a chance of having a little good in him, and his family still have a little good with the name of