Crucible Post 2

There is a standard that every person holds for themselves. Depending on the person, the standard can range. The standard is actually the image and behavior of themselves in a pure and perfect form. In The Crucible, we as readers see many people in their raw forms. We see Elizabeth and her manipulative ways of holding John by his heart, and we see victims of Abigail falsely confessing to witchcraft. This brings up the question, would you lie to save yourself? Whether from death or ridicule, would I as a person be willing to lower my morals to protect myself? Sadly, the answer is yes. I would like to believe that I am the type of women that would rise above all obstacles and create jealousy among my peers, but I am not. That doesn’t mean I don’t wish I were that person, it just means that I cannot find it in me to be that person. Obviously the consequences of admitting the truth would influence my choice to lie or not, but the fact that I would falter at all is what makes me not so proud of myself. In any case, if I were faced with a situation that could possibly end in death of course I would do anything to save myself. The only time I wouldn’t incriminate myself would be if it meant that I must convict someone else. I would hold strong to my beliefs that no one should suffer or pay the consequences for another person’s actions. Act two has only one great example of this belief, and it is shockingly John Procter who shows it. At the end of act two as his wife Elizabeth is taken away and Mary Warren stands there helpless, he tells Mary Warren that he will not allow his wife to die for him. This very much so differs from the morale of Goody Osbourn who in confessing her “sins” throws Goody Good under the bus. There are many things in life that I could choose to be ashamed of, but strangely enough my choice of standard is not one. Although I am not perfect, I do not walk around pretending I am. I am who I am and the choices I make are not in the least bit fraud. I do what I think is right, and hopefully the characters in The Crucible will do the same.