Salem‚ Massachusetts‚ in 1692‚ Reverend John Hale evolves from a self-confident witchcraft expert to a broken man who attempts to save lives. When Reverend Hale first arrives in Salem‚ he walks into the Parris’ home with an air of intelligence and great knowledge. As he situates himself in the house‚ he says to Mr. Parris‚ “… they [the books] are weighted with authority”‚ indicating that the books will decide whether a person is a witch or not (1.712-13). In Act I‚ Hale is the main person that begins
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If only Reverend Jonathan Hale knew what he was getting himself into as he stepped into Salem on a dark gloomy day. In the play The Crucible by Arthur Miller‚ it seems that the characters all care about getting rid of witchcraft. But in the end‚ their actions go too far‚ and their accusing become unethical. Since Reverend Hale is motivated by finding and ending witchcraft‚ his decision to stop retaliating against the court creates many tragedies in the ending of the play. Many things motivate Reverend
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The Crucible: Reverend John Hale - A Dynamic Character In literature‚ there are different types of characters. There are the types of characters that change during the story and some that don’t‚ dynamic and static. There is also how the character is described in the story. They might be flat‚ meaning the character is stereotyped‚ or he might be rounded‚ being the author described him in such a way as to just barely know him enough to tell the story. In the play The Crucible by Author Miller
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of evil and talks of unfairness surround the book. Although some characters are at fault for the evil‚ some try to help‚ even if they don’t seem to at first. One example of a character like this is Reverend Hale. He starts out as a character you probably won’t like‚ but as the play continues‚ you slowly become more accustomed to his way of thinking and what he wants overall. In the beginning‚ it’s very obvious that Reverend Hale is a bit full of himself. As he’s introduced to the play‚ it says
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Reverend john hale and I “Excellency this child’s gone wild.”is a quote that was said by Reverend John Hale in the story The Crucible. This was said right before he quit the court for hanging inacents. Reverend John Hale is a which expert that was called in to salem for there which issues.Reverend John Hale goes buy Reverend Hale and he end up doubting himself and quitting the court. Reverend Hale and I are similar in personality because we both are sympathetic‚self confident‚ and rational. Both
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Miller’s classic American drama‚ The Crucible‚ Reverend Hale of Beverly arrives in Salem in 1692 at the onset of the infamous witch trials in an effort to root Lucifer out of The New Land forever. Throughout the course of the play‚ Reverend Hale goes from a strict‚ religious figure devout to the destruction of evil‚ to somewhat doubting the accusers to quitting the church and asking innocent people to lie for the efforts to save their lives. Reverend Hale begins his dynamic journey as a god-loving
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witches causes the need for heavy investigation. This is where Reverend Hale‚ a young minister of Beverly‚ comes in. Due to his extensive knowledge of such subjects‚ he is summoned by the people of Salem to determine if witchcraft is truly responsible for the recent happenings in Salem. Throughout the course of events in The Crucible‚ Reverend Hale gradually transitions from being confident to being remorseful through his
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Miller’s character‚ Reverend Hale‚ from The Crucible. Reverend Hale has been called to Salem to examine Reverend Parris’s daughter‚ Betty‚ for precise signs of the devil. As the play draws out‚ Hale’s stance on the problem changes and contrasts his initial thought on the matter. Hale is called to Salem to help the people determine the reasoning behind the witchcraft hysteria. He is ideally summoned because of his credentials and knowledge of the world that is invisible to the eye: the
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Is Reverend Hale from Beverley to be blamed for the deaths in Salem? Was he on the side of God when the witch-hunt trials started? Reverend Hale is the person whom people search for to confirm if the devil has taken over a person. When Hale enters this witch-hunt trail‚ he questions many‚ but did not seem to listen to the innocent’s true words and only pressures them into admitting that they side with the devil. However‚ when he notices that Abigail has been lying this whole time‚ his views change
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“Mr. Hale‚ as God have not empowered me like Joshua to stop this sun from rising‚ so I cannot withhold from them the perfection of their punishment.” – Judge Danforth. Many might say that John Proctor is the tragic hero in The Crucible because he was the one to die‚ I on the other hand believe Reverenad Hale was. Unlike Proctor‚ Reverend Hale fought to protect the innocent people who got accused of witchcraft by telling them to lie even though he was a man of God only because he knew they were innocent
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