During the pay, persecution proves to be a direct consequence of pride. Judge Danforth set a lot of people on death roll. When Abigail runs away and he realizes that he was wrong, he still will not postpone the trials. Leading to the death of John Proctor. John’s pride got the best of him and he refused to admit that he was a witch because it would soil his “name” and like-wise Judge Danforth didn’t want to postpone it because it would make the other persecutions seem unnecessary and that the village would start to overthrow the court. Pride will again lead to the death of Giles Cory when pride gets the best of him. He wouldn’t say who he was accusing and that lead the court to “press the truth” out of him. Giles Cory under some rocks proceeds