John Proctor is a
morally ambiguous character: on one hand, he cheated on his wife and still seems to have some
feelings for his one-time mistress; on the other hand, he feels intense contrition and did
confess his sin to his wife when she approached him with her suspicion.He does not go and tell
the court what Abigail told him in secret, that the girls' activities in the woods were
"only sport" because he doesn't want to hurt her, but this delay ultimately endangers
his own wife, when Abigail accuses her of witchcraft, and, then, himself when he ends up going
to court to defend his wife.
John has committed sins; he is already a
"fraud" in his own eyes, and this leads him to consider confessing to witchcraft
because that will, at least, preserve his life.What's one more sin? he figures.However, he ends
up unable to go through with the lie.Instead, he says, "You have made your magic now, for
now I do think I see some shred of goodness in John Proctor.Not enough to weave a...
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