At the end of The Crucible (1953), John Proctor refuses to give officials a signed false confession for public display. He had initially agreed to confess to save his life, but he would not incriminate other people. When the court demands the paper bearing his signed confession, he tears it up and chooses execution rather than sacrifice his integrity. His wife, Elizabeth, does not try to change his mind because she recognizes that he has regained his sense of moral worth. Proctor goes to execution with Rebecca Nurse and Martha Corey.
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