Jesse Aguirre Ms. Kim English 11-period 7 24 September 2012 In The Crucible‚ Arthur miller dramatizes the Salem witch trial‚ which people are falsely accusing of witchcraft because people were tempted to lie for their own benefit. Puritan societies were concern how they looked in other people eyes and judge each other based on their reputation. The ultimate goals of the puritans was to gain salvation because in order to look good in front of god eyes. The prideful character in The Crucible
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Governor Danforth. As the presiding judge at the witch trials‚ Danforth exhibits the themes of reputation
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Hathorne and Danforth arrive followed by Cheever‚ they asks when did Hale arrive and what was he doing. Herrick responds that he was sitting and praying with those are to be hung. Danforth says that he has no right to be there and asks why Herrick let him in. Herrick responds and says that Parris commanded him to. Danforth wants to know that if Herrick is drunk‚ he asks him but Herrick lies and says no. Danforth aggravated knowing that he is lying‚ tells him to fetch Parris and then
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are standing outside of the prison. Elizabeth is trying to persuade Proctor to confess to practicing witchcraft so he could avoid hanging. The different critical decisions my story will have Proctor admit to witchcraft and turn in the confession to Danforth‚ and then finding Abigail before she left for Barbados and charging her with witchcraft. I will be using 3rd person point of view. John Proctor‚ a man in his late forties‚ walks out of the small jail located in Salem‚ Massachusetts. Sweat was
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of many aspects in a society. Deputy Danforth and Reverend Hale were considered to be “godly” men with power and control who followed the scriptures of their God. While attempting to be an example of a holy Christian‚ they became corrupt in their actions and went against biblical law to enhance their own lives. Deputy Danforth and Reverend Hale begin their oppositions towards one another when Reverend Hale experiences an epiphany of his actions‚ and Danforth remains condemning innocent people. In
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the witchcraft. A character in The Crucible‚ Danforth‚ honest in his own perception is one of the attribution for the Salem tragedy. Initially‚ Danforth‚ stern yet practical man more interested in preserving the dignity of the Salem community is accountable for the tragedy. First‚ magistrate‚ Danforth has pride of his status as a judge. As a judge‚ he denies to give a thought for his actions that can lead to the death of innocent lives. Danforth says‚ “12 others have already been hanged for
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sometimes people who claim to be good aren ’t what they seem and may be in fact a hypocrite. Judge Danforth a senior judge during the Salem witch trials exposes his hypocrisy in his conflicts between Giles Corey‚ Mary Warren and the people of the town for the sake of his own reputation. Judge Danforth is a powerful man who comes to Salem to stop the hysteria and prosecute the witches. Danforth believes he... "does not let anything interfere with an exact loyalty to his position and his cause"
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HATHORNE: Danforth we are intelligent people‚ we can see what is happening in these trials. They said to be foolish. DANFORTH: How dare that be said. There is the Devil in Salem. People in this town are being harmed‚ and it is the fault of all those Devil agents locked up in the gaol. HATHORNE: But the deeds we are doing are reprehensible. Look what we are putting through these people. We say that those who are accused are assumed guilty and forced to confess and failure to do so are executed
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------------------------------------------------- The Crucible: Act I Characters Reverend Parris Abigail Williams Mary Warren Betty John Proctor Thomas Putnam Mrs. Putnam Rebecca Nurse Reverend Hale Tituba A small upper bedroom in the home of Reverend Samuel Parris‚ Salem‚ Massachusetts‚ in the spring of they year 1692. There is a narrow window a the left. Through its leaded panes the morning sunlight streams> A candle still burns near the bed‚ which is at the right. A chest
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courtroom‚ Giles is thrown out and causes quite a commotion. 3.Judge Danforth thinks he is superior and righteous. He has already signed the death warrants for 72 women and seems unable to believe that some of the women are innocent and that the evidence against them may be
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