Which theme would best describe proctor's final decision in the play? question 15 options: personal honor determines a person's self-worth and value. government hierarchy should be fought to one's death. forgiveness can be extended to the guilty as well as the innocent. justice can be evil.

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.