Who Is Reverend Hale Responsible In The Crucible

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

The towns’ people accused now are too well known and well respected to be witches. He begins lose faith in the court as the court proceeds to accuse more people. Most of the accusations made absurd. Reverend Hale himself cannot believe that such well respected towns’ people could be

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.

Reverend John Hale is the minister who is called in to investigate the witch trials in The Crucible. At first he believes them, but later he returns to the town to try and stop the trials. Deputy Governor Danforth is the judge at the witch trials. He is dedicated to removing all witches. He rules by the law and will not allow exceptions or anyone to try to undermine his court.

Quickly after Mr. Hale’s arrival in Salem, the situation regarding witchcraft escalates. Mr. Hale gets sucked into the middle of something which didn’t impact his life personally in the first place. As rumors of the devil spread around, more names known to be “seen” with him are mentioned in the court. Mr. Hale takes it upon himself to visit the houses of those who are accused of involvement in witchcraft. “No— no, I come of my own, without the court’s authority. Hear me. I know not if you are

Abigail Williams is most responsible for the Salem witch trials. Abigail started all the lies by saying “Now look you. We danced. And Tituba conjured ruth putnam's dead sister. And that is all” (I.363-366). Abigail is telling all the girls the story that they have to follow. She is basically threatening them so they won't tell the truth about what really happened. She is convincing the other girls to lie. This is when Abigail became the ringleader of the lies. This brings her powers, which she starts to use for revenge. Continuing on, Abigail won't let go of her feelings for John and resents Elizabeth. She is still convinced John loves her when she says “it's she put me out, you cannot pretend it were you. I saw your face when she put me out, and you loved me then and you love me now” (I.425-429). Abigail is convinced that John still loves her and Elizabeth is coming between them. This makes her grow more angry with Elizabeth and more desperate for John. She uses this growing power and hate for revenge. Abigail accuses Elizabeth of witchcraft shortly after this encounter. To add on, Abigail leads all the

When Reverend Hale enters the county of Salem, he brings with him the demeanor of a respected authority figure. When Reverend Parris remarks about the weight of Hale’s bags, he responds that “they are weighted with authority” (Miller 34). The bag is weighed by the authority of God, who through Hale as a conduit spreads his justice upon the wicked and mercy upon the poor. Hale sets himself up with false authority, believing that his collection of books and artifacts will fend off the demons making their home in Salem. By placing himself in a position of power, he causes the citizens to believe that his word is truth, which eventually leads to the spreading of the witchcraft accusations. Next, when Thomas Putnam tells him that Betty Parris can not stand to hear the Lord’s name, he demands that the citizens listen to him as the sole judge of the affliction: “The devil is precise; the marks of his presence are definite as stones, and I must tell you all that I shall not proceed unless you are prepared to believe me if I should find no bruise of Hell upon her” (Miller 36). The dramatic irony is that the “marks” are not as “definite as stones” as Hale truly thinks. Yet, he uses his position as an “expert” to compel the

Throughout Acts I and II, Miller portrays Hale as a passionate but arrogant reverend. In order to show his pride, Hale comments upon his arrival in Salem, “HALE, setting down his books: They [the books] must be [heavy]; they are weighted with authority. … In these books the Devil stands stripped of all his brute disguises” (Miller 901). By saying this, Hale is claiming jurisdiction over, not only the situation, but also the Devil himself. It is a bold, presumptuous statement, and Hale is naïve if he thinks he can control the Devil. John Hale is not

But the Devil is a wily one, you cannot deny it” (Miller 146). By this Hale means to say that anyone could be corrupted by the Devil, even someone as pious as Rebecca Nurse. Hale is confused by how such prayerful and saintly people could be witches. After listening to Proctor and Mary Warren, Reverend Hale begins to believe them in that Abigail Williams is lying and that the entire court proceedings have been a sham.

In The Crucible, there are many important people to the plot and how they change is just as important as their characters. Reverend Hale being one of the best examples of this. He is one of the people who change the most through out the play. He fully sided with the court and as the play went on he progressively went against what it was to the point where he turned from it completely.

In Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible, many characters were drastically affected by the traumatic trials and executions happening in Salem. One such character was Reverend Hale. Reverend Hale began as a well-respected and confident witch hunter but ended as a disillusioned man filled with guilt over the death of innocent people.

After reading Acts 3 and 4 of the Crucible, I have concluded that the character I liked the most in the play was Reverend Hale. Introduced in Act 1, Hale went to Salem to diagnose any witchcraft and restore the town to health. His good intentions and desire to help others makes him very vulnerable and he often gets manipulated. Abigail uses this flaw of Hale to her advantage; using him to convict people of witchcraft without the evidence to prove it. It is in Acts 3 and 4 which we see Hales true character when his attempts to correct his inaccuracy mean standing up for what is right. For example Reverend Hale in the following quote realized his wrongdoings, “Excellency, I have signed seventy-two death warrants; I am a minister of the Lord,

Changes by Reverend Hale In the play The Crucible, Reverend Hale undergoes many changes over the course of the play. We as the reader's experience this from the introduction of the character to the end of the play. Reverend Hale is one of the main characters that we see throughout the play. We also get to see the trials through his own eyes. Hale relies on his intellect in the beginning of the play.

Reverend John Hale in The Crucible by Arthur Miller generates a dynamic character. Throughout the drama, Hale evolves from a man with intentions to free the world from satanic influence to a person who realizes the Salem witch trials were based on lies and false accusations.. Reverend Parris asked Hale to come and assist in the pursuit of evil. Hale is cautious in accepting situations that people believe have witchery involved. As a previous “witch hunter” or a “devil lookout”, initially Hale appears arrogant and authoritative. Although Hale had never really accused anyone of being a witch, he is ready to investigate and rid Salem

In The Crucible, Reverend Hale, is the main one, out of many characters, who had to face a challenge, by having his heart broken and mind split, trying to make a tough decision, Hale had to choose between, his life teachings and faith in the Puritan life, against the clear, accurate response to make at those disastrous times. Hale, in Act Two, proves that he was a very strict and faithful Puritan, completely committed to his religion. Hale suspected the Procter’s, for Elizabeth’s name was mentioned in the court. Because John was not in church on Sabbath Day, and unable to cite the Commandments flawlessly from heart, his suspicions of the Proctor’s grew. When Hale finally realized that the Witch Trials was hoax, he desperately tried to convince