The Crucible, Act III, Literary Focus: Dramatic and Verbal Irony Explain the verbal or dramatic irony that exists in the following passages.
*Upon hearing Proctor's and Mary statements. Danforth is shaken by the idea that Abigail and the girls could be frauds. Danforth challenges Proctor with this: ¨Now, Mr. Proctor, before I decide whether I shall hear you or not, it is my duty to tell you this. We burn a hot fire here: it melts down all concealment.¨