John Proctor’s second confession is when he confesses to Danforth in the court about cheating on Elizabeth with Abigail Williams. While in court, Proctor calls Abigail a whore, which leads to Danforth questioning his reasoning to call her a whore, to which he replies “I have known her sir, I have known her” (110). Proctor said this to try to prove that Abigail is not a good person, but it ends up backfiring on him. He is very stressed out about the whole event, and was not thinking clearly when he yelled it out. This is the main confession that ruins Proctor’s life, and eventually leads up to his death. After the confession made by Proctor, all of the court is startled. Danforth, above all, is the most horrified that Proctor committed such
