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Proctor confesses in court to adultery to help prove Abigail has false intentions and her accusations are fake. The court brings in Elizabeth to confirm the sin John committed, without knowledge that he confessed she lied. The girls began to pretend the devil is among them in the room. Danforth demands Proctor to confess so John claims God is dead even though it is not what he believes.

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Proctor is trying to protect his name but also trying to prove the girls are faking the accusations. Proctors goodness shows when he admits his affair to protect his wife's name. Proctor rather die than continue to confess a lie to stay alive.

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Line 604 - '' I cannot mount the gibbet like a saint. It is a fraud. I am not that man. My honesty is broke Elizabeth; I am no good man. Nothing's spoiled by giving them this lie that were not rotten long before.''

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Line 1480 - '' I say - I say - God is dead!''

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Hale questions their faith since Elizabeth was accused, John begins to get frustrated with the lies and accusations.

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line 747 - '' There be no love for Satan in this house Mister''

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John feels regret for his affair with Abigail. He believes his actions made his image in the eyes of Elizabeth, god, and himself to be ruined.  He tells Abigail when she tries to come on to him again that he would rather harm himself than commit this sin once again

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Line 582 - '' But I will cut off my hand before I'll reach for you again''