Judge Danforth‚ the presiding judge at the witch trials who trades in the lives of many for the respect of being a reputable judge in Boston. Danforth plays a remorseless Salem judge who is set in his belief that the court is always right: “A person is either with this court or he must be counted against it (Miller 94).” Caught up in rooting out witchcraft‚ Danforth fails to realize the hysterical conclusions presented to him in the courtroom. By accusing all 72 victims of witchery‚ Danforth hopes
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Fighting against the odds All throughout time the conflict between individual and society is present. Everywhere you look stand individuals who differ from the society in their own unique ways. Where as societies or groups of organized people sharing the same beliefs can make the individuals stand out even more if they please. In the Crucible by Arthur Miller the society is a community of Puritans who live in and around Salem Massachusetts. Individuals continually struggle against society due to
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anything stupid again because of hysteria. During the Salem Witch Trials there were many people that chose to act as individuals‚ rather than a community. Judge Danforth‚ Reverend Parris ‚ and Abigail Williams had the power to stop‚ and even prevent the trials‚ but chose not to because they did not care for anyone except themselves. Judge Danforth could have stopped the trials when he found out that he was wrong about the whole thing. Also‚ Parris is the reason the trails took place‚ and Abigail Williams
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In “The Crucible”‚ John Proctor expresses extreme guilt about his affair with Abigail throughout the book. This guilt leads John to confess to Judge Danforth and sets himself up for chaos. At first‚ he wants to expose Abigail for faking it‚ but he is scared because of the guilt of his affair. He realizes that in order to keep his family together‚ and his friends alive‚ he must confess about his affair before it’s too late. Guilt is John Proctors biggest motivation. Because of his affair with Abigail
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would try to shape her to their advantage‚ so Mary caused their plan to backfire by continuously changing the story and making her testimony invalid. Miller states that Parris is “smiling‚ but nervous because Danforth seems to be struck by Mary Warren’s story‚” (100)‚ because he feels that Danforth is being influenced by Mary in the way that he does not want in order to save himself. Because they were not permitted to do things that are normal for children to do‚ Miller’s version of the children of Salem
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The Crucible: Act One 1. Where and when is the opening scene of the play set? * The opening scene was held in the Salem in the Spring of year 1692 2. Why has Parris sent for Reverend Hale from Beverly? * Parris sent for Reverend Hale to see what is going on with his sick daughter‚ Betty. 3. What do we learn about the events in the forest and Abigail Williams’ connections with the Proctor family? * Abigail is in love with John Proctor and drank some charm to
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simply save his life: In another words‚ he decides to lie to prevent himself from being hanged. Danforth then asks him questions concerning who he had seen with the devil. Here is an example of the dialogue between Danforth and Proctor: Danforth: "Did you see the Devil ?" John:" I did" This dialogue confirms perfectly Proctors confession. He accepts without discussion all the questions asked by Danforth in an attempt to save his life. He is doing what he think his wife and his company‚ Hale‚ want
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Topic 2 | Discuss the theme of pride in the play The CrucibleParagraph I (Introduction) * Definition of excessive pride. * Brief summary of the play. * Introduction to the main characters.Paragraph 2 (Body) * Reverend Hale‚ example of pride. Provide a quote‚ page number‚ and explanation. * Result of his pride. Provide another quote from the play‚ page number‚ and explanation. * Conclusion (was his pride justified?)Paragraph 3 (Body) * Elizabeth Proctor‚ example of pride
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of Giles quest to stay an honorable person and possibly save many others honor. As honorable and self preserving as Giles Corey is‚ he is obviously going to stand up for his wife and talk to danforth about his wrongful arrest. His first reactions were of shock‚ now he is angry and is pleading to judge Danforth‚ “ They be tellin’ lies about my wife” (85)‚ then goes on to tell him that he didn’t mean for her to be arrested when he said‚ “Your Excellency‚ I only said she were readin’ books‚ sir‚ and
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loved them. John says to Danforth to save his wife: DANFORTH: You---you are a lecher? PROCTOR: … A man will not cast his good name. you surely know that. DANFORTH: In --- in what time? In what place? PROCTOR: … Where my beasts are bedded. On the last night of my joy‚ some eight months past. She used to serve me in my house… my dear good wife took this girl soon after‚ sir‚ and put her out on the highroad... She looks to dance with me on my wife’s grave!... DANFORTH: You deny every scrap
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