advice? 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
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“Mr. Hale‚ as God have not empowered me like Joshua to stop this sun from rising‚ so I cannot withhold from them the perfection of their punishment.” – Judge Danforth. Many might say that John Proctor is the tragic hero in The Crucible because he was the one to die‚ I on the other hand believe Reverenad Hale was. Unlike Proctor‚ Reverend Hale fought to protect the innocent people who got accused of witchcraft by telling them to lie even though he was a man of God only because he knew they were innocent
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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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A powerful character in The Crucible is Reverend Hale. Reverend John Hale of Beverly‚ first appears answering the call of witchcraft at the Parris household. Hale is considered to be one of the good characters in The Crucible‚ and the most developed. He is a very kind man who feels himself allied with some of the best intellectuals. Reverend Hale often is portrayed as a well groomed young man‚ this might have to do with symbolism‚ as the youth are usually the ones that are able to change their ways
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Dear Diary‚ Today has been the strangest day of my life. I don’t even know where to begin. Everything I thought I knew has been turned upside down‚ and I feel like I’m drowning in a sea of secrets and lies. Mrs. Coulter‚ who I once admired and trusted‚ has shown her true colors‚ and they are darker than the night sky. When I first heard about the concept of dust‚ I couldn’t wrap my head around it. Dust‚ the mysterious substance that adults are so afraid of‚ the same substance that seems to be at
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receive a fate worse than they deserve. In the popular play The Crucible‚ one common tragic hero is the main character‚ John Proctor. However‚ some others argue that Reverend Hale was also a tragic hero‚ though less recognized due to the fact that he appears less in the play than Proctor. Based on information provided in both the original play and the movie‚ it can be argued
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Dear Diary‚ Though the sin I am committing is treacherous‚ I must find some consolation in clearing away the troubled thoughts and images that constantly appear in my head. Something horrible happened in our small town of Salem‚ Massachusetts. After our forbidden‚ late-night dance with Tituba‚ Uncle Parris came upon us in the woods forcing all us girls to run away. All of us except cousin Betty‚ bless her soul‚ who just collapsed on the ground like all the strength left her. She shrieked and hollered
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Dear Diary‚ Though this is a treacherous sin I am making‚ I must find a way to clear the thoughts and images that reappear constantly in my consciousness. Today something quite horribly interesting happened in our small town‚ Salem. After our midnight dance with the girls‚ Uncle Parris found us in the woods making all of us scatter immediately. All of us except Betty who collapsed on the ground. She was screaming about how she could not move. Uncle Parris’ face was nothing like I have ever seen
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John reverend hale is a character from the famous book of Arthur miller the crucible which is based on Salem witch hunts and trials in Massachusetts during 1950’s. John reverend hale is a witch craft expert who was called by a priest reverend parries to help her daughter betty parries as she was assumed to be in the devil hands after she was caught dancing and practicing witchcraft in the woods with reverend parries’s nephew Abigail Williams by reverend parries . Since john reverend hale was
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Arthur Millers The Crucible possesses many examples of interesting character development. A character who one initially finds to be worthy of mercy or pity can easily become the last person deserving of sympathy. This relationship is not only formed between the reader and the characters‚ but between the characters and the scenario of the story itself. The victim may become the accuser‚ or the scholar may become the humanitarian. This manner of characterization is best shown in the relationship between
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