John Hale‚ from the Crucible Dynamic‚ Reverend John Hale needs only this one word to describe him. That is what separates Hale from any other character in the Crucible‚ while most characters are entirely static‚ with the exception of Elizabeth. That is why I consider him to be the best‚ and most flushed out character in the Crucible. In this report I will describe and analyze the character of John Hale and try show why his is the best character in the Crucible. In the first paragraph I will
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John Hale‚ from the Crucible Dynamic‚ Reverend John Hale needs only this one word to describe him. That is what separates Hale from any other character in the Crucible‚ while most characters are entirely static‚ with the exception of Elizabeth. That is why I consider him to be the best‚ and most flushed out character in the Crucible. In this report I will describe and analyze the character of John Hale and try show why his is the best character in the Crucible. In the first paragraph I will analyze
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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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important lines take place‚ the wife overlooked takes control‚ and the quilt and the dead bird tell the real story of the Wright home. There is irony in the focus on the activity of her hands "pleating" her apron‚ this is mentioned several times by Lewis Hale‚ who is a neighboring farmer. These same hands are the ones that put the knotted rope around John Wright’s neck. There also is a focus on the work of her hands‚ when the women find the quilt she was working on; and the preserves of fruit. The apron
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The struggle of Reverend John Hale is that he was transformed emotionally throughout the times of lies and treachery as he goes from unbiased accuser‚ to uncertain power‚ to defender of the accuser. This connects to Arthur Miller’s reason for writing this play because in 1952 the same thing was going on but in this case it was McCarthyism which is a vociferous campaign against alleged communists in the US government and other institutions carried out under Senator Joseph McCarthy in the period 1950–54
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character‚ Reverend Hale‚ from The Crucible. Reverend Hale has been called to Salem to examine Reverend Parris’s daughter‚ Betty‚ for precise signs of the devil. As the play draws out‚ Hale’s stance on the problem changes and contrasts his initial thought on the matter. Hale is called to Salem to help the people determine the reasoning behind the witchcraft hysteria. He is ideally summoned because of his credentials and knowledge of the world that is invisible to the eye: the
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believe in and acknowledge each other’s actions‚ and help guide them in the right direction. Mr. and Mrs. Wright’s relationship was not “right” because they did not do any of these things. There was a lot of negativity‚ as well as silence in the household. Mr. Wright was described as being a good man‚ yet very serious and stone cold. He was the master of the home and had to have absolute control over everything. Mrs. Wright attempted to be the Suzy homemaker type‚ but rarely got out of the house to socialize
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The scientist‚ who has contributed to biology that has made an impact on my life‚ is Stephen Hales. Whether or not you have the prognosis‚ his discovery provided a way for individual to live a healthier life. Not only did Stephen Hales pioneer the study of plant physiology‚ then he contributed to the first major account of blood pressure‚ and the invention of a machine for ventilating buildings. To formulate the results vital for his implications‚ he carefully measured the blood pressure of three
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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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classic American drama‚ The Crucible‚ Reverend Hale of Beverly arrives in Salem in 1692 at the onset of the infamous witch trials in an effort to root Lucifer out of The New Land forever. Throughout the course of the play‚ Reverend Hale goes from a strict‚ religious figure devout to the destruction of evil‚ to somewhat doubting the accusers to quitting the church and asking innocent people to lie for the efforts to save their lives. Reverend Hale begins his dynamic journey as a god-loving‚ devout
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