Judge Danforth is one of the leading judicial figures in the book, The Crucible. He is in charge of making decisions at the witch trials. He is arrogant and feels superior to everyone else in Salem, although likes to think of himself as fair-minded and an honest man. He is determined to rid Salem of witches and Devil worshippers. Although, he describes himself as a Utopian, and sees the town of Salem as a society with bugs that need to be weeded out. He refuses to see the role that witchcraft has played in dividing the people. Over the course of the play, the respect and reputation that he commands slowly shrinks as he sticks to his old fashioned and rigid ideals, while he starts to recognize his guilt and his role in the hangings.
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