What Is Wrong In The Crucible
Reverend Hale In The Crucible there’s a fine but distinguishable line between doing the right and wrong thing. Sometimes, decisions are made without entirely knowing what the situation is and how it came about. W. Clement Stone once said, “Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right.” Hale follows these expectations to good integrity. When everybody fell in line with the court he saw they were wrong, and he broke away to try to save who was left. Throughout the story Reverend Hale’s confidence in his own decisions begins to fluctuate and change dramatically. When Hale arrived at the beginning of the story he was confident in his diagnosis of Betty, which was that she was possessed through witchcraft (Miller 1156). He joins the court and signs off on death warrants, killing many innocent people. He finally becomes skeptical when Rebecca Nurse is accused of witchcraft, because Rebecca Nurse
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Hale comes to Salem because he is called upon by Parris, because Betty is “sick” Hale considers this to be witchcraft. Once people find out about this everything spirals out of control. The girls begin accusing and a court is formed to try the accused. Hale is part of this court, he signs death warrants. He rethinks his decision and he tells Danforth that he can not sign another warrant unless he is convinced beyond a doubt (Miller 1197). After that he storms out of the court and quits (Miller 1213). At the end he tries to help convince Danforth that the girls are lying to save Proctor. In Act 2, Hale goes to the Proctor household because he suspects the Proctor’s of witchcraft, but when people from the court come with a warrant for Elizabeth Hale tells Proctor that the court will not charge her since she is innocent and he will testify to make sure she is set free. In Act 3, Hale blames the court for not thoroughly checking to see if people are
Hale comes to Salem because he is called upon by Parris, because Betty is “sick” Hale considers this to be witchcraft. Once people find out about this everything spirals out of control. The girls begin accusing and a court is formed to try the accused. Hale is part of this court, he signs death warrants. He rethinks his decision and he tells Danforth that he can not sign another warrant unless he is convinced beyond a doubt (Miller 1197). After that he storms out of the court and quits (Miller 1213). At the end he tries to help convince Danforth that the girls are lying to save Proctor. In Act 2, Hale goes to the Proctor household because he suspects the Proctor’s of witchcraft, but when people from the court come with a warrant for Elizabeth Hale tells Proctor that the court will not charge her since she is innocent and he will testify to make sure she is set free. In Act 3, Hale blames the court for not thoroughly checking to see if people are