Why Is Reverend Hale Important In The Crucible
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A witch-hunt is an 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 struck the town of Salem when Betty became ill and incompetent. Being concerned that it could be witchcraft they called in Reverend Hale to determine if witches are the roots of the problem. Hale was …show more content…
This leads to Reverend Hale starting to reason that there are no witches in Salem. The whole thing seemed to be a hoax. Hale noticed and grew concerned that innocent people were being killed. The court was killing people with no legitimate evidence behind it. These injustices lead to Hale arguing the courts decisions. Although Hale started this job with his own reputation in mind he saw that these guiltless people needed help. Hale’s priorities shift from his own reputation to the reputation of the accused. Doing everything he can he wants to keep them alive and once again has God in mind. God does not want these people killed for no reason and Hale knows that and agrees. When everyone is being victimized Hale goes to the Proctor household to question them. Hale devoted a lot of his time to protecting the Proctors. To make sure the family is not accused he advises them to fix any suspicious actions. He tells the proctors, “God keep you both; let the third child be quickly baptized, and go you without fail each Sunday into Sabbath prayer, and keep a solemn, quiet way among you” (Miller, Act II, 70). He want’s the Proctors to lay low and show their love for God. This will show that God is their number one priority and they would not use witchcraft to jeopardize their relationship with God. Protecting the innocent in Salem is essential to the town’s future and Hale made sure he helped accomplish
A witch-hunt is an 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 struck the town of Salem when Betty became ill and incompetent. Being concerned that it could be witchcraft they called in Reverend Hale to determine if witches are the roots of the problem. Hale was …show more content…
This leads to Reverend Hale starting to reason that there are no witches in Salem. The whole thing seemed to be a hoax. Hale noticed and grew concerned that innocent people were being killed. The court was killing people with no legitimate evidence behind it. These injustices lead to Hale arguing the courts decisions. Although Hale started this job with his own reputation in mind he saw that these guiltless people needed help. Hale’s priorities shift from his own reputation to the reputation of the accused. Doing everything he can he wants to keep them alive and once again has God in mind. God does not want these people killed for no reason and Hale knows that and agrees. When everyone is being victimized Hale goes to the Proctor household to question them. Hale devoted a lot of his time to protecting the Proctors. To make sure the family is not accused he advises them to fix any suspicious actions. He tells the proctors, “God keep you both; let the third child be quickly baptized, and go you without fail each Sunday into Sabbath prayer, and keep a solemn, quiet way among you” (Miller, Act II, 70). He want’s the Proctors to lay low and show their love for God. This will show that God is their number one priority and they would not use witchcraft to jeopardize their relationship with God. Protecting the innocent in Salem is essential to the town’s future and Hale made sure he helped accomplish