He believes that reputation is more important to him than to stand up to save innocent lives. Secondly, when pride and arrogance are between wisdom, its effect is often destructive. Danfoss proved this through his actions. Throughout the book, he is too confident. He asks the people (the defendant) as if they already know that people are guilty. After that, Danforth will judge people based on their opinions, not facts. He thinks the girl is telling the truth, but he did not try to find the evidence or asked people to blame them for saying something before being hanged.
Who should be responsible for the tragedy of witch hunting in Salem? Governor General Danforth did not appear in the play till the third act, but he should be responsible for Serum 's absurd hunting. In Arthur Miller's play "The Crucible", Miller clearly proved that this is a flaw in Danfoss - his logic in magic, a desire for authority, and a commitment to pride. - This makes him the most responsible tragedy of massacre in Salem
In the late 1600s, a tragedy at the expense of lies and personal indignation hit the city of Salem, Massachusetts. This tragedy was called Salem Witchcraft Judgment, where 20 innocent people were executed, based on the claims of other people. These people are also girls trying to save themselves by blaming others. After corruption, another 'hunting witch' will not occur until about 250 years later. However, these new "hunting witches" are not targeting witches at all, they oppose the contemporary threat of communists in our government. Like Salem's old witch, the pursuit of government's communists mistakenly criticized many innocent people and arrested. These cases are 260 years apart, but subsequent accusations are very similar to the trial.