confession, he cannot look at her. Her presence and
             his guilt for forsaking her are factors which cause him to change his mind, and
             he later destroys the paper that has his confession written on it. Rebecca
             says, "Let you fear nothing! Another judgement waits us all!" (144). She is
             speaking of the judgement of God. When Proctor and Rebecca Nurse are taken away
             together to be hung, John is confident that he has made the right decision and
             that he will face God's judgement without fear when he dies. He says, "You have
             made your magic now, for now I do think I see some shred of goodness in John
             Proctor. Not enough to weave a banner with, but white enough to keep it from
             The most significant reason for the change in John Proctor's character was his
             own determination to become a "good man." Although his friends considered him
             to be upright, his guilt and shame from his affair with Abi
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