You are Danforth, just after Proctor has been executed. Write your thoughts.

Mark scheme

Marking points from the official mark scheme (May/June 2010). The mark or mark type is shown in brackets.

1. [25] Danforth is not Hale, in other words he cannot be expected to feel remorse for his actions in Salem so be cautious about rewarding any assumption which gives him such feelings.
2. [25] 'Hang then high over the town! Who weeps for these weeps for corruption!' are his last words in the play.
3. [25] In him meets the politician, the lawyer and the religious fanatic who argues that witchcraft cannot be judged according to normal procedures of law.
4. [25] This adamantine man will also see that retreat and admission of any mistake will have disastrous political consequences.
5. [25] He will therefore almost certainly grimly argue that he has shown strength in the face of the Devil.
6. [25] The more a candidate can capture his hard personality with a voice whose tones are utterly forthright, certain and in his own terms utterly logical, the higher the reward.
7. [25] Refer to the band descriptors in arriving at your mark.