Proctor does not want to publicly admit to his affair with Abigail Williams. Elizabeth knows about the affair and the town suspects that something happened in the Proctor house, but John Proctor does not actually admit to his shameful affair until he goes to court in an attempt to save his wife. As a man of pride (and of practicality) living in a small town, Proctor does not want people to know what he has done. The affair represents a...
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