Reputation whattt?

How are reputation and image important? Well according to the civilians of the Salem society in, The Crucible, it's a very serious matter. These crazy and abnormal people will even die to protect their name in society. Let's start with the infamous Abigail Williams.

This young adolescent child believed that it was okay to provide false information and evidence in court. Like how low do you need to go to keep a good name? Well, we have the perfect person to examine. This girl enrages me. Who attempts to drink a charm and cast a spell on a woman just to steal her husband. Well, she purposefully lies to her uncle about Tituba making her do crazy things, and also lies in court about Mary Warren making her do things. She tries to make sure that people think of her as an innocent woman who has not put out in the world yet. She also says, "I will not black my face for any of them" (Miller 140). Abigail lies to defend her name in the community that she lives in. Another wonderful example is the greatest character of all John Proctor, or as Mrs. Nagi says JP.

 Proctor is a little confusing at times but he definitely knows where he stands. As he ruins his name in order to defend others such as his wife Proctor controls the extent to which he will go. He agreed to committing lechery but was adamant on signing the confession letter for performing witchcraft. He was even Willing to DIE for it. I get it we all lie sometimes to keep up a good reputation. For example, a bad test grade in the subject you don't even get should not ruin your name so lying might come in quite handy. But anyways, this motif of reputation and name comes up frequently throughout the play and can be seen demonstrated on a huge scale. Whether they choose to LIE and practically kill others, cough cough Abigail, or they choose to DIE to protect themselves.