Since john reverend hale was a famous witch craft expert who was considered to be very learned and with a vast knowledge of the underworld. Mr hale is a man who is nearly 40 years old, a tight skinned, eager eyed intellectual. He felt the pride of the specialist whose unique knowledge has at last been publicly called for. It was reported that Mr. hale recently caught a witch in Beverly. Under the searching scrutiny she was turned into a mere pest. But still we can see that hale was a kind person as he kept the woman who was practicing witch craft in his own house. He believed that a supernatural change has wiped out god’s beard and the devil’s horn. After coming to Salem reverend hale conceives of himself as a young doctor on his first call. He believed that his painfully acquired Armoury of symptom, catchwords, diagnostics and procedures is now to be put in use at last.…
In The Crucible (1953), author, Arthur Miller brings to life many decisions that drag a respectable man to the noose. This play, based on the history of the Salem Witch Trials that occurred in Salem Massachusetts in 1692, though not completely true, does follow the basic line of events. This line of events begins with curious young girls who are caught dancing in the forest by the Puritan reverend of the community, Reverend Parris. An effort to contain the events by Reverend Parris, Parris’s niece, Abigail, and others backfired and resulted in the bringing in of Puritan priests trained in the topic of witchcraft, which quickly led to a mass hysteria of witches in the community. Once accused of being a witch, a citizen had two basic choices,…
Hale visits the Proctors because he wants to speak with everyone whose name has been mentioned in connection with witchcraft. He has just visited Rebecca Nurse. Hale proceeds to ask questions about the Christian character of the Proctor home. He notes that the Proctors have not often attended church and that their youngest son is not yet baptized. Proctor explains that he does not like Parris’s particular theology. Hale asks them to recite the Ten Commandments. Proctor obliges but forgets the commandment prohibiting adultery.…
Individuals steadily try to stand up against the society to fight for their loved ones and what they believe is right. When John Proctor’s wife was accused he immediately got Mary Warren to testify. While in the court he assures them that Mary Warren “never saw no spirits”(88) which would nullify all of the accusations Abigail and the other girls had previously made. Mary Warren agrees that she “were pretense”(88) along with the other girls. Mary Warren agrees to this partly due to the fact that John Proctor forced her into doing it and also because she feels partially guilty as she was the main reason Elizabeth got put in Jail and is being tried as a witch. Reverend Hale also goes against the society by saying “I denounce these proceedings, I quit this court!” (120). Reverend Hale stands up against society to free himself from his own guilt. He returns after John…
In Act III we start to sense a change in belief within Rev. Hale. It has been said in front of Judge Danforth that John Proctor does not attend church but once a month because he plows his fields on the other Sabbath days. Proctor, who has brought Marry Warren to court to confess that the girls are lying, does not deny the allegations. Here we experience Hale’s first doubts. On the night Hale visited Elizabeth and…
At the same time, Hale goes to Proctor’s wife, Elizabeth, and begs her to convince him to testify by saying that “God would forgive Proctor a lie more readily than giving up his life for a false cause.” By…
One example of Rev. Hale being disloyal was when he decided to stop helping the court and start convincing the accused to confess. Hale was described as a confident man when he believed in the confession John proctor stated. Finally, Reverend John hale was described as remorseful when he declared that his hand had shook after he signed Rebecca Nurse's death warrant. Generally speaking, Hale was an intriguing character because he gave up when the task at hand was too much for him; just like human’s natural reaction to give up after a certain amount of…
The struggle of Reverend John Hale is that he was transformed emotionally throughout the times of lies and treachery as he goes from unbiased accuser, to uncertain power, to defender of the accuser. This connects to Arthur Miller’s reason for writing this play because in 1952 the same thing was going on but in this case it was McCarthyism which is a vociferous campaign against alleged communists in the US government and other institutions carried out under Senator Joseph McCarthy in the period 1950–54. Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible” focuses on the inconsistencies of the Salem witch trials and the extreme behavior that can result from dark desires and hidden agendas.…
Hale believes her and starts questioning people that Abigail accuses. Despite that, he did not listen to the truth, but coerces the citizens who are blamed to submit to the truth. His version of the truth is that they are collaborating with the devil. Moreover, he suspects nothing until Rebecca Nurse is arrested. At Proctor’s house, Proctor tells him some of the truth to the witch-hunt. “And why not, if they must hang for denyin’ it? There are them that will swear to anything before they’ll hang; have you never thought of that?” (Miller 169). This also starts the craziness of the time, where Elizabeth Proctor is being arrested, Proctor is furious and wants to free her, and Hale realizes the truth. In addition, he begins noticing Abigail and her friends’ pretense and feels remorseful to everything he has done: “I have this morning signed away the soul of Rebecca Nurse, Your Honor. I’ll conceal it, my hand shakes yet as with a wound! I pray you, sir, this argument let lawyers present to you” (Miller 184). When John Proctor’s words, “I say – I say – God is dead! You are pulling Heaven down and raising up a whore!” (Miller 194), are misinterpreted to him confessing, Hale decides to leave the court and not work anymore. “I denounce these proceedings, I quit this court!” (Miller 194). His role changes significantly – from a person who causes death to the person who wants to save lives.…
After Proctor has given Judge Danforth a testament signed by many people saying Rebecca Nurse, Elizabeth Proctor, and Martha Corey are innocent and Hale is trying to convince the judges that this is evidence he says: “Excellency, I have signed seventy-two death warrants; I am a minister of the Lord, and I dare not take a life without there be a proof so immaculate no slightest qualm of conscience may doubt it. I have this morning signed away the soul of Rebecca Nurse, Your Honor. I’ll not conceal it, my hand shakes yet as with a wound! I pray you, sir, this argument let lawyers present to you.” In this quote, Reverend Hale is saying that he regrets what he has done and that the judges should listen to John Proctor. Reverend Hale also claims later in the play that the confessions are all lies just as Proctor…
Hale’s conversations with John Proctor cause Hale to start to question his precious beliefs. In Act II, Hale is traveling around the town, going house-to-house searching for accused women to warn them that their names have been mentioned in the court. Hale soon finds himself standing at the Proctor home. During his conversation with Proctor, Hale sees a different perspective on the entire situation:…
At first Hale is on the side of the court and signed death warrants, but then he quits the court and tries to help the people he convicted of witchcraft. Mary was so shy and could barely even stand up for herself, but soon as she can die for accusing the girls of lying she accuses John Proctor who is then hanged. John Proctor shows how he would do anything for his wife, even if that means confessing about his affair. John Proctor left behind two sons and wife the day he was hung. The pain of losing a father and a husband must have been so unbearable. When I lost my grandfather 4 years ago, it was like losing my best friend. The pain of losing him will have forever changed…
Parris, Elizabeth, Hale and Rebecca are being tested unintentionally by the court system, they are being pulled apart on whether or not to choose what they think could be the right choice. “Goody Proctor, I have gone this three month like our Lord into the wilderness. I have sought a Christian way, for damnation’s double on a minister counsels men to lie.” (Hale 132). Reverend Hale makes a great decision to go against god's commandments to save innocent Christian lives. Hale is priest and came to Salem to help with witchery. He knows that Proctor, Giles and Rebecca had nothing to do with witchcraft. Hale is telling them to go against the bible, to go against their own god to not be hanged. He would rather have the innocent live and him be damned…
Mr Reverend Hale had a very controversial role in moving the story to the end how it had happened. Beside the other three main characters: Mr Proctor, Elizabeth and Abigail he was fourth biggest person who influenced the happenings the most. However, while the main characters played a kind of a passive role, he always wanted to be in the middle of attention. He was a very proud man, but naive as well. He though that himself is an expert in the mysterious world of witches. "a tight-skinned, eager-eyed intellectual. This is a beloved errand for him; on being called here to ascertain witchcraft he has felt the pride of the specialist whose unique knowledge has at last been publicly called for.…
Another common belief coincides with the speech made by Reverend Hale towards the end of the play. Just before John is scheduled to be hung, Reverend Hale realizes the grave mistake he had made by believed the girls of Salem. He pleads with John’s wife, Elizabeth, to convince John to confess in order to save his life saying, “ Life, woman, is God’s most precious gift: no principle, however glorious, may justify the taking of it. I beg you… [convince] your husband to confess. Let him give him lie.” While this sounds justified, Hale is forgetting the repercussions of placing self interest at the top of one’s to do list. The consequences of an act such as this is demonstrated during the trials when Mary Warren, Proctor’s servant, gives in to the…