Reverend Hale's Speech In The Crucible

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