Read the passage from The Crucible, Act 4, Part 5.
PROCTOR: I speak my own sins; I cannot judge another. (crying out with hatred) I have no tongue for
HALE (quickly to Danforth): Excellency, it is enough he confess himself. Let him sign it, let him sign it.
PARRIS (feverishly: It is a great service, sir. It is a weighty name; it will strike the village that Proctor
confess. I beg you, let him sign it. The sun is up, Excellency!
Parris faces a moral dilemma of whether to force the accused to confess or to watch them be executed.
How do Parris's motivations influence his decision?
Select all that apply.
The Crucible Act 4 Part 5

At first i was afraid to approach him—then the fear left me. he was sitting looking out over the city—he was dressed in the clothes of the gods. his age was neither young nor old—i could not tell his age. but there was wisdom in his face and great sadness. you could see that he would have not run away. he had sat at his window, watching his city die—then he himself had died. but it is better to lose one's life than one's spirit—and you could see from the face that his spirit had not been lost. i knew, that, if i touched him, he would fall into dust—and yet, there was something unconquered in the face. how does the conflict at the beginning of the paragraph move the plot forward? the narrator realizes that he is scared of the gods. the narrator realizes that he distrusts the spirits the narrator realizes that the god was a man. the narrator realizes that he is powerful like the gods.