Similarities Between Elizabeth And The Crucible

HATHORNE: Danforth we are intelligent people, we can see what is happening in these trials. They said to be foolish.
DANFORTH: How dare that be said. There is the Devil in Salem. People in this town are being harmed, and it is the fault of all those Devil agents locked up in the gaol.
HATHORNE: But the deeds we are doing are reprehensible. Look what we are putting through these people. We say that those who are accused are assumed guilty and forced to confess and failure to do so are executed. We are killing people and destroying the names of many and suppressing their respect. There are no lawyers for the fairness of those accused. The trials are biased and the accusations are fallacious.
DANFORTH: You are wrong! I am doing the work of God. I am helping Salem, we are demanding the
These are people with good names in Salem. These are upright and honest people. They have done no such unrighteousness and have certainly not been along the Devil. They are extremely distinguished and respected people in Salem.
DANFORTH: That is of no importance Hathorne, the Devil is disingenuous and can fool even the most righteous man. Abigail Williams and the girls know that those people have been with the Devil.
HATHORNE: This is nonsense, can it not be seen that Abigail is a remorseless liar and a wretched manipulative juvenile who spreads destruction and the death of innocents wherever she goes. Eighty-eight people we have accused of and five people dead because of Abigail and the nonsense she is.
DANFORTH: Abigail Williams tells the truth and is incapable of lying
HATHORNE: When Hale was trying to prove Abigail’s false accusations, she immediately pretended that a bird’s spirit was flying around the room and harming her. She did not want to be proved wrong. When I demanded to talk to her afterwards, she alluded the fact that the trials were deceitful and the allegations of witchcraft were