When Hale Urges Danforth To Pardon The Prisoners Why Does He Refuse?

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What does Reverend Hale want Danforth to do? Rev. Hale wants Danforth to pardon all the condemned. If he won’t do that, at least give Hale more time, postpone for a week, publish that they are striving for confessions.

What does Hale tell Danforth is going on in Salem?

When Hale warns Danforth about the possibility to unrest in Salem, Danforth asks him whether he has “heard rebellion spoken in the town.” What does Hale tell Danforth is going on in Salem and the surronding countryside? Orphans wandering, abandoned cattle, rotting crops, no man knows when the chariots cry will end.

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What Hale tells Danforth?

Hale tells Danforth that people fear the court. Danforth becomes angry and states that only the guilty should be afraid. Hale disagrees and tells Danforth that not everyone who the girls accuse can be guilty.

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