John Proctor, who portrays the questioning views of puritan society {ADJSC}, questions the truthfulness of witch trial through evidence that the court uses to find the victims guilty, which leads him to challenge the court {ADVSC}. Miller states that “John Proctor would rebel against, for the time of the armed camp had almost passed….” (24) This means that Proctor has a rebellious nature, not having agreed with the court. Due to his stubborn attitude shown towards the court he creates a disagreement between him and the court. In this disagreement Proctor becomes a partisan for those being tried by this idea of spectral evidence, which can only be testified by the affected subject in a situation {PAPP}. Questioning Mary Warren, he says “but …show more content…
With his sublime background as a judge by “having seventy-two condemned to hang,” (75) Danforth displays himself as “such a weighty judge” (75), not ever questioning the idea that witchery could be fake. Portraying his fundamentalist view, Danforth is considered to be strict, but his actions don’t sway toward the view of an extremist. With this fundamentalist, but not extremist view, Danforth acts strictly in his court of law, saying “It is disruption… This is the highest court of the supreme government of this province…” (75) In having this respect for the court, Danforth proves himself not to be an extremist, but rather a fundamentalist, who follows the rules set to him. Along with his high regards to the court, Danforth dislikes those who challenge him, he says “that a person is either with this court or he must be counted against it.”(80) Here Danforth, supports his view of a fundamentalist, in stating that those who challenge the court will be wrong, and with this he will disregard their views or possibly condemn them to death, which is the case in which we find Proctor, due to the idiotic challenge of the ‘all knowing’