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The Crucible John Proctor Confession

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John Proctor was known for being a church man with a pure name; He was relatively admired throughout Salem. Proctor was a Puritan, but he sinned when he committed adultery with Abigail Williams. Because Proctor is a strong religious man, he confesses multiple times throughout the play. While in a heated conversation with Hale, Proctor is asked to state the Ten Commandments, he pauses and his wife Elizabeth states, “Adultery, John” (Arthur Miller 1278). Proctor feels a pain heart and tries to grin it away. It is obvious that Proctor’s motive is to confess, while keeping his name pure, when Danforth asks if he is a lecher, he replies “A man will not cast away his good name. You surely know that” (Miller 1309), Soon after, Proctor confesses “In
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