He likes to think of himself as a very fair, good and kind person. He was truly shocked to comprehend that people in the city are afraid of the court and the system. He believes that no innocent person should fear the court and that he and Judge Hathorne are blessed people guided by God, and nobody will be punished unjustly. But at the end, he fails to look on evidence critically or to act when he could stop the panic. Even at the end, when it’s obvious that the society is falling apart, he refuses to see the role that the witchcraft trials and hangings have played in it.
Deputy Governor Danforth in the Essays
Author: Marshall Vasquez