Everyday people go out to explore and wonder the community with different reputations, not knowing death could happen at any second. Whether you are walking around the block, to crossing the street. People worry about upholding positive reputations, because they have strong beliefs to be well known for their future generations. John Proctor did not want to raise his kids and live under a negative reputation, even though they already had a bad reputation, leading his to making the wrong decision in taking his life to protect his reputation. By doing this, John left behind his pregnant wife and kids, left behind an even worse reputation for his family, and wasn't able to prove Abigail guilty.
One example of the meaning of family is, “A group of people united in criminal activity.” (dictionary.com) This meaning of family shows that John wasn't the only committing this crime, while his wife lied trying to save him from being hanged, she was only worsening their name by telling the lie. John Proctor left behind his pregnant wife and kids behind when he decided to not only take the punishment for his sin, but by trying to protect his family's name. Although John thought leaving his family would protect them, it actually would do more good if he would have
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How may I live without my name, leave me my name! ( pg )”, he gave an example as to how much he cares for his name, he didn’t want any name except for the name they had with a good reputation. Proctor was so worried about his reputation, it often got in the way of his morals of staying true to his beliefs. Proctor wasn’t aware of the fact that he and his family already had a “bad name” because of the incident at the courthouse. John Proctor was the kind of man who stuck true to his beliefs but wasn't strong enough to uphold his life and finish what he started, leading to demolition to his family's and ancestors