The Role Of Judgement In The Crucible

Through Danforth’s words, we see the attitude and responsibility that the judges have taken up towards the witch trials. In this quote, Danforth explains that his court now has a position of moral virtue, except it is not the same kind that Abigail had achieved. While Abigail was able to gain it by making herself a sort of ‘security blanket’ for the other Puritan girls, Danforth and the judges had adopted this mindset of justice through their religion. In their eyes, they view the court as an area for ‘God’s grace’ to shine through and allow them to pass judgement on the accused, which strongly contrasts Abigail’s vengeful motivation. Much like everyone else in Salem, the judges view the world as black and white. There is no ‘road between’,