After Mary displays her evidence against Abigale, Abigale denies any part of the matter and then the group of girls proceed to act as though they are possessed by Mary. Danforth views it as witchcraft ad condemns Mary to die. “I judge nothing. (Pause. He keeps watching Proctor, who tries to meet his gaze.) I tell you straight, Mister—I have seen marvels in this court. I have seen people choked before my eyes by spirits; I have seen them stuck by pins and slashed by daggers. I have until this moment not the slightest reason to suspect that the children may be deceiving me. Do you understand my meaning?” Danforth says this in regards to the claims against the girls, and says to have seen the supernatural. The man says he judges nothing, and yet he condemns many innocent people to die, in judgement of them being a
After Mary displays her evidence against Abigale, Abigale denies any part of the matter and then the group of girls proceed to act as though they are possessed by Mary. Danforth views it as witchcraft ad condemns Mary to die. “I judge nothing. (Pause. He keeps watching Proctor, who tries to meet his gaze.) I tell you straight, Mister—I have seen marvels in this court. I have seen people choked before my eyes by spirits; I have seen them stuck by pins and slashed by daggers. I have until this moment not the slightest reason to suspect that the children may be deceiving me. Do you understand my meaning?” Danforth says this in regards to the claims against the girls, and says to have seen the supernatural. The man says he judges nothing, and yet he condemns many innocent people to die, in judgement of them being a