After John
Proctor met Elizabeth, he asked about his friends and the people convicted in the sham trials.
John discovered that his friend Giles Corey was crushed to death after he failed to take a plea.
He also learned that many of the other prisoners had decided to confess to the charges. However,
he also learned that Rebecca Nurse had rejected any attempts to get her to confess.
John also asked after his sons and the child he was expecting, because Elizabeth was
pregnant at the time. John was willing to confess because of what he was bound to miss out on if
he died. He was worried about his family and how they would survive without him. The baby on the
way meant greater responsibility for Elizabeth and for these reasons Proctor was willing to make
the false confession.
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