Question

What do confessions represent to Danforth?

Answer 1

Governor Danforth represents rigidity and an over-adherence to the law in The Crucible. Danforth is clearly an intelligent man, highly respected and successful. He arrives in Salem to oversee the trials of the accused witches with a serene sense of his own ability to judge fairly

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Answer 2

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Danforth represents the evil of blind certainty in the play he refuses to accept the truth because to do so would humiliate him. He'd rather see people die.