Examples Of Lechery In The Crucible '

Danforth is a selfish judge who cares only about his self and convicting anyone Abigail says is a witch with out any kind of proof. When Abigail convicted Elizabeth he went along with and arrested her with out proof other than the poppet but he wanted arrest her because he only cares about his self. Also Danforth shows no sympathy towards anyone , he never showed any sorrow for those condemned. Danforth is very nineveh as well and cant think for his self and gose along with what ever abigal says.

He says those who “weep for these [people about to be hanged], weep for corruption” (Miller 145). It is all black and white with him, this is why he is such an intimidating character, since there is no room for arguing with him; you’re either with the court and God or against the court and God. Another reason why Danforth is a formidable character is because of his inability to admit when he is wrong to be able to protect his and God’s reputation. In “The Crucible'', Abigail and the other girls were able to trick most of the townspeople and Judge Danforth into believing their

Therefore Danforth would rather save his name than confess the hanging of innocent

However; the overwhelming pressure from Abigail Williams and the other girls lead him to a confusing and risky path to lose control of the town with the unbelievable amounts of prosecutions.This affects him because he is in Salem to do the right thing. However; from trying to do so he doesn’t really know what to base his judgments with the prosecutions. By listening to either the overly dramatic girl’s and their pretense or the helpless towns people who have no evidence which can protect them. His situation is way different from Proctor’s. People’s lives are at sake and at the end of the day it’s his last decision whether or not people will be hanged. His name is important which shows the authority in the town. Act 4, pg. 1324 Danforth – “postponement speaks a floundering on my

This is evidenced by his wife's reply “He have his goodness now,God forbid i take it from him”. His reasonings is, “Because it’s his name.”. “I will not deal in lies, Mister! You will give me your honest confession in my hand, or I cannot keep you from the rope”(Act IV Lns 733-736). From this quote, the audience can see that Danforth does not care if he is a witch, but wants him to confess.

In The Crucible Danforth could’ve said something but he didn’t he picked his job over over himself. What was the purpose of that ? what did he gain but the bad reputation he’s gonna get afterwords? Nothing that’s what because he’s a selfish man who only thought about himself. In The Dying Girl story she had neighbors that heard he screams and yet they only thought about themselves and how they didn’t want to get questioned or go to court, these are both different because one wanted to save his reputation and others just didn’t want to get involved

John Proctor relationship with his family is not good, especially with his wife, and his marriage is in danger. There is lack of trust between them because of girl named Abigail Williams. She is former maid in Proctor’s house is no way of confessing

His reply is accompanied with a vindictive nature towards anyone who opposes the actions of the court or by extension, him. Therefore, his arrogance and pride restrains him from listening to others point of view. Lastly, despite hearing about the mass opposition and rebellion at the Andover witchcraft trials, Judge Danforth refuses to postpone the hangings and orders Reverend Parris that “Now hear me, and beguile yourselves no more… Postponement now speaks a floundering on my part.” (Miller 129). Danforth arrogantly waves off the request of postponement made by Hale and Parris. He thinks that the act of postponement of the hangings will raise the issue of his credibility as a judge. Danforth’s pride of his status as a judge denies him from giving it a thought that his actions can lead to the death of innocent lives. When pride and arrogance interferes with ones wisdom the repercussions are often destructive. Judge Danforth proves this through the medium of his actions which lead to the destruction of trustworthiness in the community and brought tragedy to Salem.

He becomes blind with power, and he does not want to see the truth. He condemns innocence people to their deaths without concrete evidence that the allegations are true. Danforth believes what he is doing is right. He does not consider the unjust nature of people being accused without solid evidence, “You misunderstand, sir; I cannot pardon these when 12 are already hanged for the same crime. It’s not just” (68). Miller is trying to depict that power can blind those of wrongdoing. Danforth does not for a second think that he has overlooked evidence. He does however silence anyone trying to prove him wrong saying they should not “undermine the court”(69). Danforth also begins to use scare tactics towards the end of the play. He tells Giles Corey to “sit down and take counsel with [himself], or [he] will be set in jail until [he] decides to answer all questions...this is a court of law...I’ll have no effrontery here!” (121). Miller is depicting the chaos that goes along with false allegations, and how people can lose themselves in the

Danforth shows his neglect of justice and seems to be only interested in protecting himself rather than the innocent citizens. When local respected farmer Francis Nurse questions Danforth he asserts his power saying “and you know that near four hundred are in the jails from Marblehead to Lynn, and upon my signature” (Miller 203). Danforth is stating that he is the all powerful, being able to put that many people in jail,

Danforth is another powerful character throughout The Crucible. He was not a very honored man after what happened with the trials. He is the judge who is sentencing people when they are accused of being a part of the devil even if they are completely innocent. He was the so called “main” judge of the court, using his position to gain his power. He was one of many trying to get to the bottom of all the witchcraft and who was using it. Some people saying that it was the devil doing the work, not themselves. Judge Danforth knew some people were innocent but still chose to go with it, wanting more power. Again John Proctor was not guilty but Judge Danforth still sentenced him to his death. John Proctor just didn’t want his name ruined, it hanging in the town where everyone could see it. Him wanting it to look like he was being good at what he was doing, doing the right thing. Mr. Danforth seemed like a man who wanted to please, please people. He believed everything those girls were saying and they were fooling everyone. Having people killed pleased those girls, which he did. He accused plenty of people who were innocent. The families and friends of the ones killed were unhappy and sad about what was

By all means he doesn't want people to have doubt on him and himself that he sentence the innocence to death. Moreover, he never lets anything slide from him and tae job as a judge very seriously. For instance, it stated in the novel “Be quiet!... Be quiet!!” (Miller 120) In this quote this display a repetition and that words are being ignored or listened. Which means, that his caring his reputation very deeply by seeing the extra exclamation mark . “Who is this?” (Miller pg 92) In this quote it tells that Danforth does not know people in Salem and insecure about his place as a judge. During this discussion in the court, he feel that abnormal tensions and that someone can or will challenge his

Danforth does not want to give up his good name and reputation, and continues with his word even after innocence was proven. This shows the fact that Danforth had a lot of power, but misused this in order to maintain a good name. This directly correlates to real world situations where individuals often misuse their power for personal interests, at the expense of others. This shows the importance of the theme of power and injustice as the play

Yet he consistently executed innocent people. He cannot claim ignorance of their innocence either. This obvious when for the first time in the play a character confesses without motivation when Danforth asks, “Then you tell me that you sat in my court, callously lying when you knew that people would hang by your evidence?” and Mary squeaks, “I did, sir.” Yet, this is not good enough for Danforth so he continually suggests that Mary is lying until she agrees that she is. Danforth is certainly guilty of murder but can he really be called the most culpable man in Salem? No, while his actions were despicable, he was just protecting himself and his livelihood. On the day before he hangs Proctor, Danforth says, “Twelve are already executed.” Much more would have been executed had they not confessed. For Danforth, to go back on so many his judgments would have cost him his reputation and possibly his

Explanation 1: Danforth comes into the trials with the mindset that the victims are telling the whole truth. He even said that witchcraft is an invisible crime and the only witnesses are the witch and her victim; “Therefore, [he] must rely upon her victims- and they do testify” (Miller 100). By thinking this way, Danforth diminishes any chance at anyone denying that what the children are saying is true. The persecution of innocent women is inevitable because Danforth holds all of the power and he is choosing to put his trust in people who are deceitful and selfish.