Theme Of Justice In The Crucible

There is no such thing as the truth, people lie and others continue to believe them. Except one, John Proctor from the beginning of the play is on the side of justice, and finding the truth. From the beginning of the play he questions the idea of witchcraft, and believes that it is just another act from Abigail Williams. An example of how Proctor is always on the side of truth is when he is in court and he confesses to having an affair with Abigail Williams. "A man may think God sleeps, but God sees everything, I know it now. I beg you, sir, I beg you—see her what she is. . . . She thinks to dance with me on my wife’s grave! And well she might, for I thought of her softly. God help me, I lusted, and there is a promise in such sweat. But it
In the beginning of the play John struggles to find himself, he doesn’t get involved with the trials until his wife’s name is spoken about within the court, by no other than Abigail Williams, his ex-lover. Without John’s Involvement in the trials justice would not have been served, and all of those that were hung would have been hung without a reason, but Proctor settled for no less than the absolute truth. An example of this is when Proctor is when Proctor knows that the girls are lying and he is baffled as to why no one is charging them, or accusing them. “I’ll tell you what’s walkin in Salem-vengeance is walkin in Salem, but now the crazy little children are jangling the keys of the kingdom, and common vengeance writes the law.” (Act III). John Proctor continued to fight for what he believed in even after he was sentenced to hang for witchcraft, he never once gave up trying. Proctor believed in the utmost honest truth, but in the end it was not given to
But it isn’t until the very last scene that John realizes that he is lying to himself, and to god by signing the paper that says he is a witch. It is then that h also realizes that his reputation, and everything he has fought for disappears with the stroke of a pen. And that if he signs this paper Rebecca Nurse, Sarah Good, Tituba all died for nothing. “How may I live without my name? I have given you my soul; leave me my name!” (Act IV). In this quote Proctor has lost everything, his wife, his reputation, and his connection with god. The only piece of himself that is left is his name. It was at this moment that Proctor decided that he lived the noble and true life, and that it may not have been perfect but he would rather have died then sold his soul to the