|
|
Thomas Danforth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Thomas Danforth (1622 - November 5, 1699) was a judge for the 1692 Salem witch trials in early colonial America. He was born in Framlingham, Suffolk, England as the eldest son of Nicholas Danforth (1...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Danforth |
|||
|
|||
|
|||
|
Deputy Governor Danforth is the judge. He believes the girls are telling the truth. Meanwhile they are accusing the women whom they do not like. Reverend Hale is called in as an expert witness. He at first believes they are witches, but then he denies it and tries to help the accused.
|
|||
|
Judge Hathorne, Deputy Governor Danforth, and the Reverends Hale and Parris join Giles and Francis in the vestry room to get to the bottom of the matter. Proctor and Mary Warren enter the room. Mary testifies that she and the other girls were only pretending to be afflicted by witchcraft.
|
|||
|
DANFORTH, Thomas, colonial governor, ... He held the offices of deputy governor and president until the arrival of Sir Edmund Andros in 1688. Meanwhile he had also been made a judge of the superior court, and in 1681, with Daniel Gookin, Elisha Cooke and others, opposed the acts of trade and asserted the charter rights of...
|
|||
|
Name: Deputy Governor Danforth; Gender: Male; Description: "Danforth is a grave man in his sixties, of some humor and sophistication that does not, however, interfere with an exact loyalty to his position and his cause" (Miller 85). Role: Deputy Governor;
|
|||
|
Antonio (with Sebastian and Ariel) ... in a Combined Actors of Cambridge production of ... by William Shakespeare...
|
|||
|
In the Crucible, Arthur Miller establishes the universal theme that good does not always prevail over evil. ... This theme clearly identifies with the character of Deputy Governor Danforth. Throughout the play, Danforth’s traits transition from desirable to undesirable, which illustrates how good does not always win in...
|
Copyright © 2009, Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
Related Topics
