What is the book or excerpt?
In Arthur Miller's The Crucible, the theme that best describe John Proctor's final decision is: Personal honor determines a person's self-worth and value.
Proctor's desicion of refusing to provide a false confession to save his life is actually his final redemption. At the end of the play, when he tears apart the written confession, he understands that his honor is more important than his public image and he is ready to accept his destiny. Furthermore, his wife, Elizabeth realizes that John, even with his flaws, is a good man who is trying to save his soul and he will not yield to pressure.
B: Set the mood for the scene that follows.
The author is obviously trying to set something up to happen here, most likely the entrance of another character and/or some dialogue. It would't make sense for there to bee any foreshadowing with such a warm atmosphere, and the author is describing the setting, not the characters.
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in some cases even "good" stereotypes cant be good ones