John Proctor The Crucible Analysis

Due to John Proctor's personal relationship with Rebecca Nurse and Martha Corey, he chose to die an honorable man rather than live a lie. At the end of The Crucible, John Proctor is faced with the decision of selling his friends out to live or to die among them. Mr. Proctor refuses to give the court a written confession to be displayed on the door of the church because it will ruin his reputation forever. He is begging for Judge Danforth to allow his words to be enough, that there be no legal document. When asked why he would verbally confess, but yet be reluctant to sign , John cries, ¨Because I am not worth the dust on the feet of them that hang! ¨ (Miller 133) This allows the reader to see how important his reputation is to, not only …show more content…
Danforth questions the involvement of Rebecca Nurse, Mary Easty, and Martha Corey. Proctor immediately denies all of these claims, he states he has never seen any of these women with the devil. Judge Danforth argues to John that he certainly must have seen someone with the devil. John firmly states to the Judge, ¨They think to go like saints. I like not to spoil their names¨ (Miller 130). This shows the reader that John will not sell out good people to make himself look better. Mr. Proctor firmly stating this without hesitation demonstrates that he will not hurt the others to save his own. John Proctor proves his nobleness by putting others before himself. Defending Rebecca Nurse, Mary Easty, and Martha Corey, help convey how John proves he is noble at the end of The Crucible.
After John commits to his fate, Reverend Hale tries desperately to make him take the plea. Reverend Hale shouts anxiously to John's wife, Elizabeth, to plead with him. Elizabeth says with a cry, ¨He has his goodness now, God forbid I take it from him!¨ (Miller 134) This shows the reader that John no longer struggles with his sins. Elizabeth says this through tears due to the fact that her husband is finally come to terms with his sins and admits his wrong doings, but by admitting this it has cost him his life. This final noble act of John Proctor allows Elizabeth to realize that her husband's death

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