Refusing to confess will not “keep my children out of the wind.”.Nothing’s spoiled by giving them this lie that were not rotten long before.Abby accused others to cover up what she was doing.Parris caught Abby & the girls with Tituba.Abby went to Tituba for a “charm” to kill Proctor’s wife.This drove John Proctor to have an affair with Abigail, their servant.If we stop now, we are admitting that we killed those people in error.Reprieve or pardon must cast doubt upon the guilt of them that died till now.Twelve are already executed the names of these seven are given out, and the village expects to see them die this morning.Otherwise, people won’t believe that what we are doing is right.We need Rebecca Nurse, John Proctor, or Martha Corey to confess.This way, unconfessed and claiming innocence, doubts are multiplied … and our good purpose is lost.That confession surely damns the others in the public eye, and none may doubt more that they are linked to Hell.The whole hateful procedure had brought him to this, and I believe made the writing of The Crucible all but inevitable.”
Even so, oddly enough, I was not filling up with hatred or contempt for him his suffering was too palpable. For it swept over me that, had I been one of his comrades, he would have spent my name as part of the guarantee of his reform. As he laid out his dilemma and his decision to comply with the HUAC, it was impossible not to feel his anguish, old friends that we were.
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