This is certainly an incredibly relevant concept for you to explore and think through as you re-read this amazing play. A key theme that is well worth investigating in relation to each character is how they regard "the truth". It is clear that the majority of the populace, in the way that they at least tacitly if not openly support the Salem witch trials, hold personal integrity and truth at a very low level. These characters range of course from the Putnams, whose outright abuse and manipulation of the truth is exploited for financial and personal gain, to characters such as Giles Corey, Rebecca Nurse and, eventually, John Proctor, who all die in their own way as part of an act of resistance against the lies of the Salem Witch Trials.
For me, however, by far the most interesting character to study in relation to the truth as a concept is Elizabeth Proctor. Consider the rock and a hard place that she is placed between when she lies to supposedly save her husband, but also think about the way that when Hale tries to persuade her to encourage her husband to lie to save his life, she calmly and quietly rejects this proposal as "the Devil's argument". She is very clearly a round character whose relationship with "the truth" would make a good essay topic.
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