Danforth Character In The Crucible

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The physical description of Danforth is that he are short compared to other people and he is an old man. There are no descriptions of how he looks in the play, but in the movie he is shown as an old man. Also, the personality traits of Danforth as a character is that is he is really fair-minded because he doesn 't care about anybody, but himself. He can tell someone execute someone without getting his feelings hurt. Danforth doesn’t have a heart, he’s awfully rude in both of the play and the movie. An important fact about Danforth is that he disturbs and angers people to discover fear on the court. He looks at people in the eye, very closely. He also tells people to only look at him, only him while talking in front of the court. Danforth is really good to know if someone is lying by using eye contact and asking the victims hard and scary questions. The roles that Danforth plays in The Crucible is a judge and a ruler. …show more content…

In 1699, Thomas Danforth was a politician, magistrate, and landowner in Massachusetts. Also, he was ruled as a councilor and magistrates of counseling for a large amount of years, which leads opposition to attempts by the English kings to control over the colony. He gathers all the land in the central part of the colony, which later became a portion of Framingham, Massachusetts.
Danforth was strict leader in the colony at the time of the Salem witch trials and he also presented as a person as a harsh judge. In reality, Danforth is played as being critical of the trials. Governor Danforth over looks the witchcraft trials in Salem and he likes to think only for himself, so it disturbs and angers him to discover that people fear the court. He believes that no innocent person should fear the court, and that he and Judge Hathorne are guided by God, so nobody will be

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