The Crucible p. 49-60

"Proctor: What work you do! It's strange work for a Christian girl to hang old women!" (58).

This makes a lot of sense, and I do not understand why other people do not see it the way Proctor does. Christians are not supposed to be evil and go against the commandment thou sgall not bear false witness against thy neighbor like thy are. Proctor knows that this is all a lie that the girls put together, and so he knows that Goody Osborne is going to be hanged for nothing at all, and that Goody Good will be put into jail for confessing to a crime she did not commit. All of these people are being condemned because of a malicious scheme put together by a jealous seventeen-year-old girl, and it goes against the Christian faith one hundred percent.

"Proctor: She cannot think it! He knows it is true" (61).

Proctor is certain that Abigail simply wants to take Elizabeth's place. Abigail is going to accuse her, and Elizabeth will be hanged for being Proctor's wife, and no other reason. He understands that his sin with Abigail has sealed his wife's fate, and that if he refuses to end it, Elizabeth will be called a witch by Abigail, the saint of the village.