Reverend Hale In The Crucible By Arthur Miller

Moreover, as Hale remains hidden from reality, blinded by the witch-identifying doctrines he is so well-versed in, his authority over others prevails. Attempting to discover witchcraft in the Proctor abode, Hale questions the couple’s Christian character, asking why they “are so absent” in church (64) and of their children, why “only two are baptized” (65). Following this line of reasoning, Hale is only able to think through the lens of his books, without any attention to the big picture of the trials. Moreover, Hale’s blind obedience carries on, as his teachings lead him to believe the Proctors are guilty, leading him to present this to the court under his existing

He has taken notice of the large amount of witchcraft which that is present from act one and begins taking accusations against others for granted and does not investigate their legitimacy to bring justice. Since Reverend Hale is not looking for evidence when he investigates people, this allows Abigail to manipulate him. She makes it appear that Elizabeth used witchcraft to stab a needle in her stomach, which results in Elizabeth being wrongly accused. In this way not only has Reverend Hale changed by not looking for evidence but he has also changed the

However, in the middle of act three he begins to experience a change. After hearing the conversation between Mary Warren and Proctor, he realizes that lies were being told to the court. Unfortunately, the mistakes may not be undone and the innocent has to suffer. Hale does have faith that the innocent will be able to get through this with the help of God, but it is evident that he is slowly losing faith. He knows that if the court were to find out that this was all just a bunch of lies and that the accused were not the ones at fault they would still precede with the hangings.

The Crucible Reverend Hale is a respected religious scholar who arrives in Salem to give advice on a witchcraft problem including betty whom is thought to be witch. Reverend Hale means good but is proved to be the opposite and not well builded. At one point he turns against the court but, is unable to stop the executions of john John Proctor and his wife Mary Warren. The lengthy stage directions before first Reverend Hale’s entry, is one way that Arthur Miller tells us about him and who he is as a person and who he is trying to portray. Reverend Hale believed completely in what he was doing, and he thinks he is trying to put an end to witchcraft for all of the right reasons.

Another time that Hale’s craftiness and cleverness are exhibited is when he is talking to

“... I shall not proceed unless you are prepared to believe me if I should find no mark of Hell upon her” (1.992-994). Hale here is saying that his Holy power may have to be enough answer for the people of the town. Only when the young girls of Salem began to go wild with their lie did Hale start to think that it was possible that he was wrong. He never realized that such a thing was possible, given how close he believed he was to God. So Hale went to court and talked with the accused, trying his best to ask for their confessions.

Although Reverend Hale came to the town with confidence that he would fix their problems, he would find himself mixed into the unsolvable confusion. When Hale first came to town, the first objective was to cure Betty. When the books that Hale swore by did not have the answers Reverend Parris was looking for, witchcraft was tossed around as a possibility. We see throughout the play, the Hale did feed into the myth of the devil. It was towards the end of the play, Hale doubts the confessions when John Proctor pointed out that these women had no choice but to confess, if dying was the consequence of telling the truth.

Hale no longer believes in the witch trials. Everything Reverend Hale came to Salem for now no longer means anything to him. By this point Reverend Hale, among others, has become fed up with the pretense and falseness of ‘The Salem Witch Trials’ and wants nothing more than for it to be over. (page 84, act four, Miller, Arthur The Crucible: A Play in Four Acts, Viking Press 1953) “ HALE, quickly to Danforth: Excellency, it is enough he confess himself. Let him sign it, let him sign it.”

In the year of 1692, 19 innocent people were forced to slowly walk towards a rope that in a matter of seconds would end their lives. These horrific events are something portrayed in Arthur Miller's play The Crucible. In Salem, Massachusetts, a mass hysteria violently spread the fear of witchcraft amongst the Puritan village. Reverend Hale, a so called “expert” in demonic arts, was brought in by Salem's most spiritual figure Reverend Parris to demolish any sign of witchcraft from his home. Yet, Hale is overall culpable for the tragedies that struck Salem because of his false accusations and narrow point of view.

What is a crucible? Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible” is a historical fictional story describing the Salem Witch Trials in Salem, Massachusetts in the late 1600’s. The story brings up the horror of the trials. It brings up how innocent people were falsely accused and charged for practicing witchery.

Reverend Hale is the character that changes the most in Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible because his feelings on witchcraft turns from full belief to unbelievable doubt, his thoughts on Proctor changes from thinking that he is evil to thinking that he is a good and honest man, and he switches from doing God’s work to doing the Devil’s. Reverend Hale makes a huge change on his claim of witchcraft. In the beginning of the play when Reverend is called to the town of Salem to see if the reason why Betty and Ruth are unconscious is due to witchcraft he brings with him many books. When Reverend Parris sees this he makes a comment that Hale responds to him explaining his expectations. This shows that Reverend Hale is focused on one thing, finding

But then Proctor confesses to Hale that Abigail told him that the sickness was not because of witchcraft. After Proctor tells Hale this, and agrees to tell the courts, they then figure out Goody Nurse, Goody Corey, and Elizabeth Proctor have been accused of Witchery. Hale asks John if he will testify for Elizabeth in court . As hale discovers this he then changes his mind about the trials and starts to try to help everyone and as Rebecca Nurse is being taken to jail he says this “Believe me Mr nurse... I know it“ (pg 71) this shows how he is being doubtful and he thinks he can save the

In the beginning acts, Hale was trusting the court more than John and was a big part of handling warrants of the accused individuals along with having much confidence in himself, his knowledge of witchcraft, and knowledge of witches in Salem. In Act 2 and 3 in the play, The Crucible by Arthur Miller, the character Reverend Hale was changing a lot. Throughout the first act of this play Reverend Hale had much of his trust in the court and fully believed the devil is in Salem but as the trial begins and goes on things start to change when Hale starts to question the court shown when he pleads

This magnanimous, sensible woman refuses to follow the hysteria even to save her own life. Nurse,s charity becomes apparent in Act one when reverand John Hale comments on her reputation outside Salem. Nurse's magnanimous personality is emphasised even more in act 3 when Hale says "If Rebecca Nurse be tainted, then nothings left to stop the whole green world from burning". This quote marks the point in the play where Hale realizes that innocent people are being accused of witchcraft. Rebecca Nurs refuses to abandon her moral code, even when facing death.

Solving a case involves the person to make sacrifices to get the truth. If the truth is not found, then the situation will never be solved. Throughout the act Reverend Hale has been helping out the innocent. After Reverend Hale accuses Abigail Williams for witchcraft, he then begins asking her questions. Mistakes were made after Reverend Hale