Would I confess?

Mistakes have always occurred and most of the time it is a shame to admit a mistake. What if the mistake were something so terrifying that it would cause both you and your whole family shame? I find it difficult to believe that I would honestly confess to my mistake. I would most likely search for another way to get around the truth. Perhaps I would make small white lies to cover myself or maybe I would try to avoid the subject of my mistake all together. In The Crucible the confessions are mainly focused on the confessions of witchcraft. If someone is accused of witchcraft (as many were in the Salem witch trials), the person accused has the option to confess and avoid being hung or to stay with the truth that they did not commit the charge and hang for their truth. I think that I would confess. I currently have a long life ahead of me and I would like to see how it turns out. However, there is the question of whether or not the shame of my life after being accused was too great to bear. If I were unable to live life the way it ought to be lived (with happiness) then maybe there would be no point in living at all. It is honorable to die because you told the truth but I believe that it is much more satisfying to live because you had to tell a lie that someone pressed upon you. The people that confessed to witchcraft only did so because they were pressured to admit to a crime that they did not commit. If there was no pressure to admit to the charge, then no one would admit to witchcraft because the shame is too great. After being accused, one has a terrible shameful life full of people whispering about them and never truly being able to go about life as a person free of judgment. It is said that God is the only one able to truly pass judgment but that does not stop others around you from wondering how God judges. This in turn makes other people judge you. So I suppose that in conclusion, I would confess to see how my life was to turn out even if my life would be messed up after words. I think that you never know what life holds and to find out what will happen you have to live it for better or for worse.