"At one point, Proctor tells Hale that he believes in witches even though he does not. Would you be willing to lie and tell people you believed in something you do not in order to protect yourself? Why or why not?"
Sometimes what people don't know won't hurt them. I would lie about somethings in order to protect myself. If it would hurt me in the long run then I would rather save myself and let people believe what they want to. In general people would rather hear what they what to hear. If it was a matter of life or death like in John Proctors situation then I would not hesitate to give someone the satisfaction of what they would like to hear to protect myself. Although it would be hard to"betray" my own beliefs it would be worth it to me to save my life.
However, if my decision to lie were to hurt anybody else then I would like to hope that I would not choose to lie. In Act IV Proctor realizes that his decision to admit to witchcraft would danger Goody Nurse and this greatly upsets him. He tries to backtrack and not accuse her further, which would finalize her death sentence. If I knew from the beginning that my my decision would hurt somebody else then I would not make it. However i beleive that okay to lie to someone about little things that might save oneself from unnecessary drama or ridicule.
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