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The Crucible explores the quality of human evil and individual integrity

The Crucible explores the quality of human evil and individual integrity through character, conflict and dialogue. The play consists of a good verse evil theme, in which characters either hold personal integrity, or human evil, each for different motives. The whole play of The Crucible is based on the emphasis of personal integrity, which shows the strength of characters, and their struggle between life and death to hold their integrity.
Characters such as the Proctors, Giles Corey and Rebecca Nurse are great representatives of personal integrity. Proctor, is the most significant character in the play, who represents personal integrity, the main scene which shows the importance of personal integrity is the closing scene of the play. John Proctor holds a significant part in this scene, he has a choice between life or death, after signing the confession, he rips it up finding out that his name will be nailed on the church door. The stage directions at the very end, emphasise to the aud...

Posted by: Gabrielle Gooch

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