This is also when the proctors start to be questioned in court. Danforth says “Look at me! To your own knowledge, has John Proctor ever committed the crime of lecher? Answer my question! Is your husband a lecher!” to which Elizabeth responded “No, sir” (Miller 190). In this case Elizabeth is lying and trying to protect her husband’s reputation because she doesn’t know the circumstances under which she is being asked that question. So in trying to protect his name she exposes herself as a liar, which leads to Johns death. If she hadn’t lied in hopes of protecting her husband’s name their stories would have corroborated and it would have helped Johns case. While in the court room John is asked whether his wife is trustworthy on not. “In her life, sir, she have never lied. There are them that cannot sing, and them that cannot weep-my wife cannot lie” (Miller 190). This is right before Elizabeth is asked that fateful question. In doing this he builds her reputation for telling the truth which turns out to be wrong and hurts his case when she does end up lying to protect his name. In act three we see the story finally start to turn out and almost come to the boiling point and the eventual
This is also when the proctors start to be questioned in court. Danforth says “Look at me! To your own knowledge, has John Proctor ever committed the crime of lecher? Answer my question! Is your husband a lecher!” to which Elizabeth responded “No, sir” (Miller 190). In this case Elizabeth is lying and trying to protect her husband’s reputation because she doesn’t know the circumstances under which she is being asked that question. So in trying to protect his name she exposes herself as a liar, which leads to Johns death. If she hadn’t lied in hopes of protecting her husband’s name their stories would have corroborated and it would have helped Johns case. While in the court room John is asked whether his wife is trustworthy on not. “In her life, sir, she have never lied. There are them that cannot sing, and them that cannot weep-my wife cannot lie” (Miller 190). This is right before Elizabeth is asked that fateful question. In doing this he builds her reputation for telling the truth which turns out to be wrong and hurts his case when she does end up lying to protect his name. In act three we see the story finally start to turn out and almost come to the boiling point and the eventual