The people of Salem turn to Reverend Hale‚ a minister from a nearby town‚ to solve the problem. In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible‚ Reverend Hale is an intelligent man‚ and his confidence makes him feel so important that he supports the witch trials. An outsider from another town‚ Hale eventually turns against the idea behind the witch trials because they were being used to place the blame on innocent people. Parents of the children would ask for Reverend Hale to come and check their daughters when
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The Crucible Reverend Hale is portrayed as a hypocritical man in of Arthur Miller’s play‚ The Crucible. Despite his moral beliefs‚ Hale decided to bend to the social feelings in Salem in order to gain status. As the community’s accepted expert witness on witchcraft‚ he contributed to the condemnation of several villagers. Fortunately‚ Hale eventually realized the error of his ways and took steps to remedy what he had done. Upon his arrival in Salem‚ Hale almost immediately became one of the
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Hale changes-- although he does not lose faith in Puritanism‚ he does lose faith in the court and the ideals of the society in Salem. Hale arrives as an educated religious scholar who is brought to find the truth behind the witchery. He means well but ends up turning from the court and becomes incapable of stopping the executions. In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible‚ Reverend Hale was able to use his intelligence to save himself from falling into adopting the perspective of justice of society. By being
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The British naturalist and politician John Lubbock wrote‚ “Your character will be what you yourself choose to make it.” I agree with John Lubbock‚ because I believe we choose our character traits. We make decisions in our lives‚ some life changing decisions‚ some small irrelevant decisions‚ that could change our minds according to how we process our choices. Our personality affects our character heavily‚ our personality tells one everything about us. Our character is also affected by our ability to
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Reverend Hale is a character that changes as the play goes though. Mr.Hale thinks he has one intention and one only but later he changes opinion and understanding throughout the entire play. When Mr.Hale arrives he is excited and looking forward in uncovering witchery in salem. He was prideful of his studies as well and had many books to bring with him to Salem. He greets the people and he even says “I had not expected such distinguished company” on page 1149. Then he hears about the child trying
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The Diary of Reverend Hale Act 1 (Descriptive) . I can’t help but feel out of place in this town‚ my every public move watched by people by the dozen. I feel like a complete foreigner in my own land‚ the townsfolk were bitter‚ cold and unwelcoming. It felt like there was something here‚ a spooky vibe radiating of every little thing. The town belonged in a book not a thing out of place‚ not a drunk to be scene‚ it was every preachers dream. My first
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The female protagonist is a difficult character to create as well as execute. However‚ it has been done since about 1000 AD. There are six characteristics that make a strong female protagonist (Patterson). The first trait is having a goal that must be reached and that usually has grave consequences if not attained (Patterson). Second is that she is usually flawed; meaning she has to make choices and the lack thereof could potentially change the story (Patterson). Thirdly‚ she must capture the audiences’
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Character Trait of Creon The Greek tragedy Antigone‚ by Sophocles‚ introduces characters that can be described as tragic heroes. This tragedy has the character face with a dramatic reconciliation. Creon‚ one of the main characters in the play‚ is a major tragic hero because of his personal characteristics and the actions he made. There were three specific characteristics that can be explained to describe Creon’s personality. He was ignorant‚ rude and insecure. Creon had a natural habit of being
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very dynamic 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
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Story book characters traits and personalities can be developed in many ways. This was shown in‚ George Orwell’s‚ Animal Farm when a group of animals decide to overthrow Farmer Jones’s farm. After they get rid of Farmer Jones‚ a pig named Napoleon decides to appoint himself as leader‚ which causes much issue amongst the animals in the farm. In the book Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin was displayed as the cruel‚ clever and deceptive character Napoleon. There were many instances where Napoleon was shown
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