Danforth insists that no one will be able to lie in his court, and this statement is terribly ironic because the girls have been lying in his court since day one. The entirety of the trials are absolutely founded the lies they've been telling since Betty Parris took sick. Further, Danforth doesn't believe the people who are actually telling the truth; Proctor sacrifices his reputation by confessing the truth of his adulterous relationship...
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