When the play opens, a test has already occurred. Early in the drama, the reader learns that John Proctor has previously damaged his integrity by committing lechery with the young Abigail Williams. When his morals were tested by temptation, he failed and committed adultery. Miller indicates that Proctor felt guilt when he described John as a “[sinner] against his own vision of decent conduct.” By this, it is evident that John Proctor holds himself to high standards. He not only disappointed his wife, but also himself. Elizabeth says to him in Act two, scene one, “The magistrate sits in your heart that judges you.” This specifies the internal test that John Proctor will try

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