Proctor's Lies In The Crucible

In court, Proctor attempts to prove Abigail and the girls are lying because he desires justice for all. When Danforth told Proctor his wife said she was pregnant, he said she would be freed until she gave birth, “‘Good, then, she is saved at least this year, and a year is long … will you drop this charge?” (92). Proctor still doesn’t drop the charge, and this tells Danforth his purpose is greater than simply freeing his wife. He wants his friends’ wives and everyone else to be saved, because he believes they are innocent. This tells Danforth that he is a man of honor because if he abandoned his testimony his friends’ wives would be killed, but if he pursued it he might not get Elizabeth back if Danforth ruled otherwise. As Abigail is called