And then she close her book and walks out of the house, and suddenly–mark this–I could pray again!” (40) Not realizing what he had done, Giles Corey had just accidently sentenced his wife to be hanged. “It discomfits me! Last night–mark this–I tried and tried and could not say my prayers. When the controversy and chaos broke out in Salem, Giles carelessly mentions something about his wife reading books, and not mentioning it to him, which somehow was disrupting his prayers. Even after everything he had endured, he says “I do think I see some shred of goodness in John Proctor” (144) meaning that after everything he had gone through regardless of everyone else’s thoughts, he knew he kept up his virtue.Īnother character in The Crucible who deeply cares and shows concerns about their integrity is Giles Corey.
He is pressured to lie and provide false information but he refuses to put his principles and morals aside to save his life. “You will not use me! I am no Sarah Good or Tituba, I am John Proctor! You will not use me! It is part of salvation that you should use me!” (142-143). He will be hanged if he continues to refuse that he has been involved with witchcraft. Later in the book, Proctor is faced with another trial proving his sincerity. His confession to the affair leaves his integrity untouched, even though it severely damages his reputation. He couldn’t keep the secret any longer and calls Abigail a “.whore” (110) and takes the court by surprise. Proctor has proved that he is a man who values honesty and because of this, he cannot lie. In Act 3, Proctor had an extremely difficult decision to make, either maintain his secret regarding his affair with Abigail or confess to lechery in attempt to save his wife, Elizabeth, by discrediting her. It was far more valuable to him to die truthful than to live on without any self respect. John Proctor repeatedly displayed his acts of integrity throughout the play.
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