How Is Danforth Powerful In The Crucible

In the book /The Crucible/ the author Arthur Miller portrays one of the main characters judge Danforth as a stern cold man of unfailing faith in his judicial powers. For not only did Miller establish Danforth as the man responsible for determining the fates of those accused, but Miller also establishes that it only takes a simple accu-sation for a person to be convicted of witch craft. Danforth is so confident in his power that he states, “A pure heart needs no lawyers” (Miller #). But is further puzzling is the fact that he does not manifest any particular political ambition, but instead acts to preserve the strength of the court over which he rules. It is Danforth’s stern rationali-ty that makes him a more disturbing figure. In his desperate hope to sharply delineate good and evil, Danforth becomes the willing accomplice of those who obscure this line. Nor does he listen to those he deems untruthful or unworthy.
Who was Mary Warren which claims that the girls where all acting. But because of Danforth’s unruly accusations against her, Mary then submit and in turn accuses Procter of being the devils man. Even when it becomes clear that the allega-tions of witchcraft are completely false, Danforth refuses to see the truth. He hangs innocent people to avoid sullying his own reputation. During the hangings of the in-nocent Danforth announced, “Who weeps for these weeps for corruption” (Miller#). Which only proves that this man per say is out of his mind! I believe Miller chose to present the character Danforth in such a way, was to show how brutality can show up in different ways. Such as for Abigail Williams her brutality showed up through jealousy and greed for attention from Proctor. Whereas Danforth’s brutality showed up in court being so heartless and defenseless to all those that challenged his power. For it was these two main characters that caused 19 people to be