What's similar between the deal Danforth made with John Proctor and threat with Mary Warren in Act 3 Crucible?

Danforth's Deal: he says that his wife Elisabeth will live for 1 more year because she is pregnant. He remembers that Proctor's only purpose is to save his life, so he asks him if he wants to confess

the primary theme of ha jin's “a decade” would be the need to revisit one's past to determine a path for the future. “a decade” is one of the twelve brief stories of ha jin's under the red flag, which takes place during the cultural revolution of china.