John procter makes the decision to admit to his affair with abigail to prove that she is not as innocent as the is acts. John proctor exclaims “I have known her sir. I have known her” (Miller 49). He States this in order to show that he is willing to admit his sin in front of the court just to show that Abigail is a sinner and isn't as holy as she seems. When he admits this he is putting himself on the line to prove she is a liar and is guilty of her sin. John also weeps “God help me, I lusted” (Miller 49) this shows John is willing to verbally repeat his confession of what he did with Abigail to show that she is a liar so that the court does not hang his wife for witchery. When Procter says this he put a huge elephant in the room and makes
