Character Analysis Of Reverend Hale In The Crucible
The Crucible
When people inflict judgement onto others and themselves, they are forced to pay the consequences for their actions. In the play, The Crucible by Arthur Miller; Reverend Hale is forced to experience an internal and external conflict surrounding judgement and his morals. We see his entire mindset change throughout the length of the play, he goes from being a strict, confident witch hunter, to a disheveled, weak man who ends up begging the court for a retrial. This is an assessment of the change in this character's behaviour throughout the play.
Rev. Hale’s conflict begins at the beginning of the play, when he first arrives to Salem. Hale is called to Salem to help sort out a witch problem, he was supposed to speak to the accused and bring them back to a life with Christ. After Hale arrives, he becomes very confident in the fact that he is going to rid the town of witchcraft. His conflict (enterally) begins after closely investigating …show more content…
Due to the conflicts that he endured, he was able to learn many new lessons about life and humanity. We can see an example of his learning when John Proctor says, “If she is innocent! WHy do you never wonder if Parris be innocent, or Abigail? Is the accuser always holy now? Were they born this morning as clean as God’s fingers? I’ll tell you what’s walking Salem, but now the little crazy children are jangling the keys of the kingdom, and common vengeance writes the law! This warrant’s vengeance! I’ll not give my wife to vengeance!” After Proctor speaks this truth, Rev. Hale realizes that the girls could be lying, and that their word isn’t law. Here, Hale learns a valuable lesson as a man of God, to investigate, and not just listen to people because they ‘seem trustworthy’ or because they are children. I do believe that Proctor’s words really woke Rev. Hale so that he was able to improve the situation and stop the innocent
When people inflict judgement onto others and themselves, they are forced to pay the consequences for their actions. In the play, The Crucible by Arthur Miller; Reverend Hale is forced to experience an internal and external conflict surrounding judgement and his morals. We see his entire mindset change throughout the length of the play, he goes from being a strict, confident witch hunter, to a disheveled, weak man who ends up begging the court for a retrial. This is an assessment of the change in this character's behaviour throughout the play.
Rev. Hale’s conflict begins at the beginning of the play, when he first arrives to Salem. Hale is called to Salem to help sort out a witch problem, he was supposed to speak to the accused and bring them back to a life with Christ. After Hale arrives, he becomes very confident in the fact that he is going to rid the town of witchcraft. His conflict (enterally) begins after closely investigating …show more content…
Due to the conflicts that he endured, he was able to learn many new lessons about life and humanity. We can see an example of his learning when John Proctor says, “If she is innocent! WHy do you never wonder if Parris be innocent, or Abigail? Is the accuser always holy now? Were they born this morning as clean as God’s fingers? I’ll tell you what’s walking Salem, but now the little crazy children are jangling the keys of the kingdom, and common vengeance writes the law! This warrant’s vengeance! I’ll not give my wife to vengeance!” After Proctor speaks this truth, Rev. Hale realizes that the girls could be lying, and that their word isn’t law. Here, Hale learns a valuable lesson as a man of God, to investigate, and not just listen to people because they ‘seem trustworthy’ or because they are children. I do believe that Proctor’s words really woke Rev. Hale so that he was able to improve the situation and stop the innocent