This however is not the case once the word "witchcraft" spreads. This has allowed the people of the city to manipulate the situation by opening the door to chaos and causing the collapse of order, while Abigail is at the center of this holy mess. The witch hunt begins when Abigail and Betty start shouting the names of the villagers: “I saw Sarah good with the devil! I saw Goody Osburn with the devil! I saw George Jacobs with the devil!” (1.48) to get out of trouble. Once the witch trials emanated all rationality in the court was replaced by the words of the born again girls who now did God's duty to point out the devil's helpers. This leads to mass hangings in the village, unguarded farms and orphaned children. The irony in all of this is that in attempting to follow the word of God Danforth, the high judge blindly places human accusations before God as a reason to kill, thus breaking one of the Ten Commandments that Puritans follow religiously. In the end all order is lost and cannot be redeemed by the high court because Danforth "cannot forgive when twelve are already hanged for the same crime" (4.129) Chaos wins the battle against order and thus breaks the power of the theocracy in