Proctor 's internal conflict of whether to sign away his honor is the most prominent in the play. At the climax of the play, in the fourth act, on page 1232, he answers Danforth when asked why he won 't give them the signed confession. The script says that he cries with his whole soul, "Because it is my name! Because I cannot have another in my life! Because I lie and sell myself to lies! Because I am not worth the dust on the feet of them that hang! How may I live without my name? I have given you my soul; leave me my name!" His conflict, like the aforementioned Reverend 's, is spiritual as well as sociological. His reference to the welfare of his soul definitely comes into play a few lines later when he decides to go to the gallows instead of signing over his honor to the court. The tragic hero of the play, John Proctor makes the ultimate sacrifice to keep both his temporal and eternal reputation
Proctor 's internal conflict of whether to sign away his honor is the most prominent in the play. At the climax of the play, in the fourth act, on page 1232, he answers Danforth when asked why he won 't give them the signed confession. The script says that he cries with his whole soul, "Because it is my name! Because I cannot have another in my life! Because I lie and sell myself to lies! Because I am not worth the dust on the feet of them that hang! How may I live without my name? I have given you my soul; leave me my name!" His conflict, like the aforementioned Reverend 's, is spiritual as well as sociological. His reference to the welfare of his soul definitely comes into play a few lines later when he decides to go to the gallows instead of signing over his honor to the court. The tragic hero of the play, John Proctor makes the ultimate sacrifice to keep both his temporal and eternal reputation