When John Proctor says, “If the girl’s a saint now, I think it is not easy to prove she is a fraud, and the town gone so silly” (53), he tries to illustrate the upcoming uphill battle he faces. John Proctor tells Elizabeth that Abigail’s confession made her word gold. By calling Abigail a “saint,” he unveils how Abigail is so well-respected by Salem that anything she says is the deemed to be truthful to the town. John Proctor also tries to explain that Abigail is acting as a loose cannon who doesn't know the consequences of her actions. John Proctor conveys this through saying, “the town gone so silly.” By saying this, John Proctor shows how blindly the people of Salem follow Abigail. In result of the town believing everything that Abigail