Ending+of+play+and+significance

In the end, John Proctor was given the choice to either hang or lie and confess to witchcraft. He signed a document confessing being a witch, then tore it up because he couldn't live with himself if he had to live a lie like that. He was then hung for being a witch. He chose to die for what he believed in then to lie to save himself. He didnt want to live with himself as a liar.