Honorable In The Crucible

To most people, being honorable is important. To them, upholding their morals and protecting their beliefs is crucial. To others, it may not be as significant. Some people might give in and sacrifice their morals to save their reputation. It’s up to those people to decide which is right. In the play The Crucible by Arthur Miller, he challenges the idea, should one fight for their honor or struggle to maintain their reputation. People who fight for their honor are driven by their morality and beliefs, which follow them to the grave, unlike reputations that are forgotten about and rely on if others even still remember. Throughout history people have been fighting for what they believed to protect their honor, like anti-apartheid activist, Nelson Mandela. He was involved in politics, apart of the African National Congress. During his time in politics he was accused along with 8 other politicians of trying overthrow the government. They were

Someone’s name is apart of them and if they are fighting to protect it, it could be because it’s the last shred of dignity they have left, the last piece of their honor. Kunta Kinte from the novel Roots: The Saga of an American Family by Alex Haley, refused to give up his name since it was important and names where he came from carried a sense of pride and honor. He didn’t give it up until it was literally beaten out of him. Similarly, in The Crucible, John Proctor Refused to give up his name since he already confessed. His name was last the last thing that was true to him. When he is asked why he won’t give it up he responds, “because it is my name! Because I cannot have another in my life!” he sounds desperate to keep the last true thing to himself and it’s a big part of the reason that he is hanged.(133) Unlike many of the other accused people, Proctor isn’t as quick to give up or surrender even if it would save his