Why Is Integrity Important In The Crucible
Integrity is having the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles. A person with integrity has the ability to pull everything together, to make it all happen no matter how challenging the circumstance. Through out the play The Crucible many characters integrity was challenged and affected. But it is important for people to keep their integrity intact so they know who exactly they are. Integrity is fragile, but it should be one’s goal to keep their integrity intact. It is important for people to maintain their integrity. Without integrity the world would be a dishonest place, where people would be going out to get everything they can any way they can. Just like Ann and Thomas Putnam in The Crucible. They were condemning
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John Proctor lost his integrity a couple of times throughout the play. He first lost it by cheating on his wife with Abigail. He also lost his integrity by letting the witch trials go on even thou he knew that the girls were lying. By doing so, and not stopping them while he could, he allowed many innocent people to die. John Proctor tried to regain his integrity back by going to the courts and telling the truth about his affair and by also telling the courts that the girls are lying and there were no witches. In the end he gains his integrity back by choosing to die rather than having his name attached to a lie. “Because it is my name! Because I cannot have another in my life! Because I lie and sign myself to lies!... I have given you my soul; leave me my name!”(Miller, The Crucible IV. 1. 910-917). John Hale also began to lose his integrity throughout the play. He lost his integrity by going along with the witch trials and signing accused witches to death, even though he wasn’t 100% sure they were truly witches. But once Rev. Hale noticed that that the girls were lying he gained his integrity back by quitting the courts. “I denounce these proceedings, I quit this court!”(Miller, The Crucible III. 1.
John Proctor lost his integrity a couple of times throughout the play. He first lost it by cheating on his wife with Abigail. He also lost his integrity by letting the witch trials go on even thou he knew that the girls were lying. By doing so, and not stopping them while he could, he allowed many innocent people to die. John Proctor tried to regain his integrity back by going to the courts and telling the truth about his affair and by also telling the courts that the girls are lying and there were no witches. In the end he gains his integrity back by choosing to die rather than having his name attached to a lie. “Because it is my name! Because I cannot have another in my life! Because I lie and sign myself to lies!... I have given you my soul; leave me my name!”(Miller, The Crucible IV. 1. 910-917). John Hale also began to lose his integrity throughout the play. He lost his integrity by going along with the witch trials and signing accused witches to death, even though he wasn’t 100% sure they were truly witches. But once Rev. Hale noticed that that the girls were lying he gained his integrity back by quitting the courts. “I denounce these proceedings, I quit this court!”(Miller, The Crucible III. 1.