Examples Of Standing Alone In The Crucible

Standing alone establishes someone as a person of pride; it shows they have a sense of morality. This year alone there have been over 1,500 protests in America dealing with Black Lives Matter. African Americans have been coming together to stand against police brutality. In order for them to be able to stand against authority they must be confident and have a moral code. The protesters must know it’s not what they say it’s the way they say it. Initiating a violent protest will alert their communities of the issue but in a negative way. While a peaceful protest is more likely to positively bring awareness to the issue and spark change. Standing alone can be hard because it means going against social proof. People who stand alone on certain issues and beliefs notify their communities to the existence of a

John Proctor was noble farmer, thrown in jail over accusations of witchcraft and held the importance of his name over his life. Proctor was not as noble as he was conceived to be by the other people in Salem because he had previously committed adultery with a young girl named Abigail Williams. Abigail’s love for Proctor pioneered the development of the witch trials seeing that she practiced witchcraft only to kill Proctor’s wife and then began accusing others to save herself. Proctor saw through her manipulative lies and stood against her accusations to right his wrong and stop Abigail. His dignity led to his demise once given the option to admit to witchcraft, and live without his good name or be hanged, Proctor chose death. John Proctor proclaims, “Because it is my name! Because I cannot have another in my life! [...] How may I live without my name? I have given you my soul; leave my name!”(Miller 143). John Proctor brought awareness to his belief that he was innocent and ultimately died for his cause.