Reverend Hale's Epilogue To The Crucible

29. The “promise” that Elizabeth wants John to do is to go to Abigail and to end the relationship between him and Abigail. John explains his anger by explaining that he is honest and that he promises to Elizabeth that he will curse Abigail hotter than the oldest cinder in hell. This explanation is not really convincing as John lied about his affair with Abigail before which made Elizabeth very displeased and annoyed about it.

To start off with one of the main characters of The Crucible─Reverend Samuel Parris─he is a minister of the church in the community who puts his authority as his first priority. On some circumstances, he will also try to cover up things not only for his ministry, but for his family. In the beginning of the play, he finds out about his niece Abigail practicing witchcraft and tries to get her to confess. “Parris: Now look you, child, your punishment will come in its time. But if you trafficked with spirits in the forest I must know it now, for surely my enemies will, and they will ruin me with it” (10). Reverend Parris is accusing Abigail for being associated with witchcraft, at the same time it sounds like a threat to Abigail and himself only

All of a sudden there was a witch outbreak in Salem Massachusetts. The following day the girls were found in bed inert. The doctor attempted to figure out the sickness the girls could have. However, he could not give the sickness any name. Then Reverend Hale was called in to help the town cure its unnatural problem. Throughout the play Reverend Hale contributed to both sides of the arguments. At the beginning he believed the court was doing God’s job. Towards the end his character changes and is less in favor of the court and more in favor for the people being wrongly accused. Reverend Hale’s is seen to be independent, confident and outspoken. These traits end up changing towards the end of the play. Reverend Hale is a dynamic character

The Crucible by Arthur Miller is an allegory written about the Salem witch trials in 1692. It includes a number of characters who fully conform to the trials and their consequences, it also contains the opposite, those who do not conform and fight it. Of course, as in any story there are characters in the middle that are not sure which side to take. They go along with it, not willing to stand up, but in their minds they are not completely sure whether or not what they’re doing is right. Reverend Hale is the best example of outward conformity and inward questioning.

In The Crucible, there are many complex characters who shift throughout the play. Reverend Hale was one of the most complex of these characters. Hale’s changes were a direct result of the trials. Because of this Hale’s changes can be traced through his actions and motivations. Throughout the play, Reverend Hale was changed by his faith, his knowledge of the truth, and by his guilt.

One of the worst sayings in the entire English language is “opposites attract”. It is a cheap and “easy-way-out” excuse that uses the science of magnetism and energy to explain human emotions like love, and frankly, it is false. In romance, it is nearly impossible to be attracted to someone in a way that is not surface beauty if two people are just too different. Things like political views, food preferences, even sleeping patterns can be detrimental if they are too different. In saying that, it is easy to deduce that most people are not fond of the person they consider their “opposite”, and the same goes for characters in film or literature. For instance, in The Crucible by Arthur Miller, there are many examples of pairs that may seem like

Samuel Parris and John Hale are the two ministers in The Crucible and were initially alike in their attitudes towards witchcraft. However, their personalities show some striking dissimilarities. Unlike Hale, Reverend Parris is characterized by extreme paranoia and egotism. He is very static- his traits and motives remain consistent from the beginning to the end of the play. Although a religious man and believer in witchcraft like Parris, Hale values human life and is motivated by personal beliefs and his sense of morality, disregarding his best interests. He is a very dynamic character, becoming progressively less confident and trusting of law and doctrine as his faith is tested throughout the ordeal.

Salem, Massachusetts is swarmed with rumors of witchcraft, and Witchcraft expert Reverend John Hale is called in. Hale comes after Reverend Parris found his daughter, Betty and niece, Abigail, and other girls from the village dancing in the woods. Parris’s daughter and another girl, fall ill after that night's events, causing the rumor of witchcraft to sweep through the village. John Proctor come to the house of Parris to see for himself the witchcraft, there we learn that Proctor and Abigail had an affair, found by Proctor’s wife, Elizabeth. A week later, the Proctor house maid, Mary Warren, brings a doll for Goody Proctor that she made in court. The doll has a needle pushed through the stomach, which Abigail would use as a ploy to get Elizabeth

Hale is to blame at the end of Act 1 for starting the hysteria because he began looking for witches. In this example, reverend Hale is looking for characteristics in Betty of witchcraft, “...If the devil is in her, you will witness some frightful wonders… Stand close in case she flies.” This is an example of why Hale is to blame because he is stirring the fear into the town by looking for these specific traits of witches. In this quote, Hale is beginning to blame Tituba for casting her spirit upon Betty, “ You have sent your spirit upon this child, have you not? Are you gathering souls for the devil?” This example shows how Reverend Hale is to blame for hysteria because he was blaming Tituba in front of multiple towns people, arising fear into

The Crucible a tragic story .In the Crucible by Arthur Miler , A tragic story explains the events of the Salam witch trials. The Salam witch trails occurred in colonial Massachusetts1692 1693 . More than 200 people were accused of practicing witch craft-and twenty were executed , one pressed. There are just a few people that were most responsible for the Salam Witch Trails. For example ; Abigail Williams , Deputy Danforth , John Hail , for the deaths of others.

The Salem incident changed the lives and characters of those involved in it. In The Crucible by Arthur Miller, Reverend John Hale was changed by what he experienced. He used to believe only in what his books told him about the devil. He started to change by being around people. He stopped believing solely on what he read and realized that people are not all bad. Hale became less narrow-minded and more compassionate towards people.

In Arthur Miller's play "The Crucible" the most powerful character out of all of them is Reverend Hale. He has the most power because it is not possible for him to be a witch at all. This fact is proven because he is the minister and he even said himself " I cannot be the witch I am the minister (pg.36). This quote is him saying he cannot be accused of witchcraft because basically he gave his soul and heart to God because he is a minister. Another reason he is the strongest character is because he knows the most about witches and has the most knowledge about the witches. He knows how they act, speak and smell. "HALE, quietly—it has impressed him: Proctor, let you open with me now, for I have a rumor that troubles me. It's said you hold no

Today, Mary Warren, my servant, was being accused of heresy in court when she was calling Abigail and her followers out on lying to the community. The girls tried to convict Mary Warren as a witch after the girls were “possessed” in the courtroom, supposedly by Mary, as she was blaming them for lying. As Mary was telling the judges that she had never done anything to harm Abigail and tried to them that she was not a witch, the girls suddenly looked toward the courtroom and church ceiling as if possessed. The group began to scream in terror as if they saw something terrible. The judges became frightened and began asking the girls what they had seen. They said they had seen Mary Warren as a witch. Mary Warren began to cry frantically and

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