Reverend Hale The Crucible written by Arthur Miller is a play that takes place in the sixteen nineties during the famous but tragic witch trials. Reverend Hale who is a minister and an expert of the demonic arts and witchcraft is sent from East Hanover to Salem where there is a spreading fear of witchcraft. When Hale arrives in Salem he finds the entire town in total chaos. At the beginning Hale is adamant in believing that they’re where witches and that nothing but good could come of his being
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In the start of The Crucible‚ we are introduced to a very simple man at first. His name is Reverend Hale. Not too long in the story we see him drastically change due to events he experiences and logical thinking in every situation. Very quickly we see him change from the simple‚ easy minded Reverend in the beginning to an uneasy and complex character at the end. In Act I Reverend‚ or John‚ Hale is presented to the reader in a straightforward manner. Reverend Hale is from Boston and has been called
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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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The Crucible‚ written by Arthur Miller‚ is a play that takes place in 1692-1693 during the famous but tragic witch trials. Reverend Hale‚ a minister and expert of the demonic arts and witchcraft‚ is sent from East Hanover‚ Massachusetts to Salem because of a spreading fear of witchcraft. When Hale arrives in Salem he finds the entire town in total chaos. In the beginning‚ Reverend Hale is adamant in his belief that there were witches and that nothing but good could come out of his being there. In
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In Arthur Miller?s The Crucible‚ Reverend John Hale significantly transfigures from a cold‚ boastful scholar into a sympathetic‚ redemption-seeking man after realizing the injustices he had brought upon people of Salem. First described as a ?nearing forty‚ a tight-skinned‚ eager-eyed intellectual‚? Reverend Hale?s overpowering pride becomes obvious as he flaunts his knowledge of past experiences in witchcraft. Hale does not view witchcraft as an emotional‚ human problem‚ as he resorts to books for
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view. Arthur Miller uses such a view point in his play The Crucible‚ which personifies the sentiments‚ attitudes‚ and standpoints of the people in Salem who were directly involved in the trials. Through Miller’s poignant perspective‚ he shows the readers another side of the witch trials through the eyes of the actual participants. One such participant in the play who provides the readers with this valuable perspective is Reverend John Hale‚ a minister from Beverly who is called to Salem to investigate
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Reverend Hale is a substantial character that added emphasis in The Crucible written by Arthur Miller. Hale’s most dominant trait was his ambition to fight evil. In the beginning‚ Hale thought the witch trials were a perfect solution of ridding the town of evil. As the story progressed‚ he figured out that he had been deceived. Abigail and the other girls had been acting the entire time‚ and that lead to Hale questioning his faith in the court and his own religion. Act I was the first time Reverend
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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
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The effects that occur within a society when pressure is placed on different aspects can cause a person to conform into what the society is trying to force them into anyway. Throughout The Crucible the proof that a society can truly change who people are in a situation and make it to where the people are going against their original beliefs and morals. The importance of conforming isn’t just one that plays a role on the outside of a character but how they are changed on the inside as well that truly
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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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