to prompt lechery.She is telling him that whatever he did in the past is forgiven. He has more than proved his love for her. Now she wants him to know her love.This "confession" of love is more important to her than John's decision to confess or hang. Without the love she now shows him, either choice he makes is a lie. Her love confirms his goodness:Whatever you will do, it is a good man does it.John doesn't seem to get it. He's carried his guilt around for so long that he's used to it. In Act II he accused her of twisting her spirit around the single error of his life. But it's his spirit, not hers, that has become twisted by guilt. He has come to think of himself as totally corrupt because of this one mistake. It will take some convincing for him to accept Elizabeth's new vision of John Proctor, the man who is good no matter what he does. And they have no time.One thing has happened: Abigail is forgotten. Her name is never mentioned; she has no power over either of them anymore. Whatever lies in the future, they are now free from the shadow of suspicion and guilt that chilled their marriage. John and Elizabeth Proctor are reconciled at last.^^^^^^^^^^THE CRUCIBLE: ACT IV, SCENE 7Hathorne comes in and Proctor says he'll confess. It's a shaky decision, and he still feels he needs Elizabeth to back him up. But she has given him his freedom; she won't take it back now, though his choice breaks her heart.Hathorne, of course, is electrified by the news. He runs out shouting to the world that Proctor will confess. But John continues to agonize. Has he made the right decision?I think it is honest, I think so; I am no saint. Let Rebecca go like a saint; for me it is fraud!He is still fishing for Elizabeth's support. Why is he so unsure of himself? His thinking is sound, all his reasons are the right ones. A travesty of a court convicted him of a crime that doesn't exist, and even if it did, he didn't commit it. The only thing that's real is th...
