Crucible John Proctor and Reverend Hale are both men of great importance throughout the play, The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller. John Proctor is a local farmer in Salem, husband to Elizabeth Proctor and a man loyal to his title. Reverend Hale is a young minister of which was called to Salem to investigate the children who had fallen ill of the devil’s works, and hopefully cure them of their mad state. Abigail Williams, a smart and vindictive young girl with her eyes set upon John Proctor, has
John reverend hale is a character from the famous book of Arthur miller the crucible which is based on Salem witch hunts and trials in Massachusetts during 1950’s. John reverend hale is a witch craft expert who was called by a priest reverend parries to help her daughter betty parries as she was assumed to be in the devil hands after she was caught dancing and practicing witchcraft in the woods with reverend parries’s nephew Abigail Williams by reverend parries . Since john reverend hale
that contrast viewpoints and actions of each other. John Proctor and John Hale are foils of each other by the end of the play because they have contrasting viewpoints. Reverend Hale is a man in his low forties, he is an intelligent man. Additionally, he is very proud of his position because he feels that he has earned it. During the course of the play John Hale goes from a confident and righteous man to preaching deceit rather than truth. John Proctor is a farmer in Salem, who is consumed by the
There is an old saying that goes, “to cut off their nose to spite their face.” This saying has been applied to John Proctor and his decision to be hanged. Reverend Hale says John’s decision is out of pride and will ultimately hurt him. However, his actions can also be viewed as very noble, depending on how one looks at it. I see his actions as very honorable because he wanted to be right with God which is a main factor in this play. “To cut off their nose to spite their face” means to make
The Diary of Reverend Hale Act 1 (Descriptive) . I can’t help but feel out of place in this town, my every public move watched by people by the dozen. I feel like a complete foreigner in my own land, the townsfolk were bitter, cold and unwelcoming. It felt like there was something here, a spooky vibe radiating of every little thing. The town belonged in a book not a thing out of place, not a drunk to be scene, it was every preachers dream. My first
Essay Question 1 John Proctor and Reverend Hale Anonymous once wrote, “Your weaknesses are opportunities to learn. Your strengths are opportunities to help others.” People are affected heavily by their strengths and weaknesses. Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible explores many characters throughout the Salem witch trials. Each character shows traits that affect them positively and negatively. Two people in Miller’s play that show strengths and weaknesses are John Proctor and Reverend Hale. Throughout Miller’s
most change throughout this play is John Proctor the farmer, Elizabeth whom is John’s wife, and Reverend Hale the supernatural expert. Elizabeth is John’s wife who fell ill months
: Reverend Hale’s changing through the story is even more evident in act two, and Reverend Hale can only be described as indecisive throughout act two. The reverend begins to doubt his former certainty of the witchcraft surrounding Salem and struggles with deciding. The reader first sees Hale’s doubt of his own skills when he is in John Proctors house talking to Elizabeth and John Proctor about Elizabeth being under scrutiny of the court, when he says “I am a stranger here, as you know. And in my
is placed in Salem village in 1692. John Proctor is the tragic hero of the play; with him is Reverend Hale another prominent character in The Crucible. These two characters are extremely important in the play and have many similarities and differences with each other. John Proctor and Reverend Hale are alike in aspects such as their reputation in Salem and their motives in the trials, but when it comes to their beliefs and growth as characters, Proctor and Hale counter each other. In this play, Miller
challenges change characters such as John Proctor, Abigail Williams, and Reverend John Hale by making them show what kind of person they are under the stressful circumstances of accusations of adultery and hysteria over alleged witchcraft. Proctor and Reverend Hale change drastically from the beginning to the end, and Abigail Williams, rather than change herself, had a knack for manipulating situations so it benefitted her. The circumstances Proctor, Abigail, and Reverend Hale face will reveal what type of