Monologue – Reverend John Hale Before the events of Act Four I have always been a man of God‚ and I used to believe with all my heart that what I did was for him. I took it upon myself to find impurities in the world and banish them‚ whether they be cursed spirits‚ demons or‚ most common‚ witches. I was good at it as well‚ where I went‚ witches died‚ but let me tell you now; every single man or women hung by my order had evidence that they were evil so thick that it could not be ignored.
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John Proctor and Rebecca Nurse are important characters in the play of the crucible by Arthur Miller. There are important similarities in their characters which will be compared and contrasted in the following paragraphs. John Proctor is a well respected farmer who works hard for the living of his family. He provides a home and food for his wife Elizabeth and his three children. He is well respected for being honest‚ a truthful Christian and of good morals. Rebecca Nurse is the wife of
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effort to expose ones disloyalty or dishonesty‚ usually using little‚ doubtful‚ or irrelevant support. In Arthur Miller’s‚ The Crucible‚ Reverend Hale‚ a witch-hunter‚ transformed his entire perspective on the witchcraft trials in Salem. Although Hale is excited to help reveal the witches‚ he begins doubting the truthfulness of the court‚ and finally gives up on them. Reverend Hale is the best witch-hunter around and even that wasn’t enough to keep his perspective and beliefs unaffected. Fear and worry
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Reverend Hale In Arthur Miller’s‚ The Crucible‚ when characters are faced with adversity‚ they are forced to show their true morals and beliefs. The character of Reverend Hale fights a battle between what ideasl have been engraved in his mind by books and society‚ and what he feels in his soul is truly right. In the end his soul prevails and finds him completely changed. Because he is a character with such high moral standards regarding everything he does‚ he sees the flaws and falsities of the
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real‚ while Finny thinks that it is a hoax. For example‚ Gene has thought about the war more frequently‚ and has seemed to be obsessed over it. He compares the war to sports‚ and thinks that “football players were really bent on crushing the life out of each other… a tennis ball might turn into a bullet” (77). Later when it is snowing‚ Gene again compares the war to the heavy downfall and accumulation of snow‚ saying it commenced its invasion of the school. He thinks that the snow is representing the
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character Betty Parris plays an important role in the story of the Crucible. As one of the girls who danced in the forest she is part of the play’s central conflict. She is the cause of the townspeople blaming witchcraft in the first place and she is also part of the reason that most of the characters are killed by the end of the fourth act. Through her actions over the course of the play‚ Betty is shown to be fearful‚ easily-manipulated‚ and an attention-seeker. In the Crucible‚ one of Betty’s
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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
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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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A specialist in seeking out Satan’s disciples‚ Rev. Hale travels to New England towns wherever rumors of witchcraft are present. Think of him as a puritan version of “The X-Files.” At first‚ the audience might find him to be just as self-righteous as Rev. Parris. However‚ Hale seeks out witches because in his own misguided way he wants to rid the world of evil. He speaks as though his methods are logical and scientific‚ when in fact he uses wives’ tales and mythology to root out so-called demons
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character is Reverent Hale‚ meaning he changes dramatically over the course of the movie. Brought to Salem because of his expertise on witchcraft‚ he is skeptical that witchcraft occurring there. However‚ Hale looks for evidence that may disprove this rumor. Even so‚ once he discovers a second child is sick and the two only fell sick after they were caught dancing in the woods‚ an act thought to be unholy in the Puritan society‚ is he convinced that they are bewitched. Hale becomes the driving force
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