Finally, Danforth allowed people, he knew were innocent, to be hanged. As the story went on, Danforth was starting to believe less and less what the girls were saying about the witches. But Danforth was too worried about his reputation to say that the accused were not guilty. In Act IV, Danforth said, “Twelve already executed: the names of these seven are give out, and the village expects to see them die this morning. Postponement now speaks a floundering on my part..” (Miller 129). Danforth was more concerned about how the village would view him, then saving the lives of the accused people. He would rather have people die then admit he was wrong. He took away a chance for the people accused to get a fair trial and a fair-minded judge. If he