The Truth of Reverend Hale during The Salem Witch Trials...

The Salem witch trials were a time period in which there was mass chaos and very little reason. In, â€Å"The Crucible,† by Arthur Miller, there were an elect group of people that overcame this hysteria of the trials. Among the people of reason arose, Reverend Hale, who displayed both sides of the hysteria. Reverend Hale is a dynamic character as he transforms from a character following the strict law and causing the deaths of many, to a character that understands the ridiculousness of the trials. In the beginning of the play, Hale enters as a strict law abiding citizen enjoying his position of power and his ability to make the decisions in Salem. An example of his defense of the law is, â€Å"Man remember until an hour before the Devil fell, God†¦show more content†¦An example is said by Giles Corey, â€Å"I never said my wife were a witch, Mr. Hale; I only said she were reading books!† (68). As a court authority Reverend Hale continued to defend the actions of the court in arresting people for outrageous crimes that had low likelihood of being related to witchcraft. As the play progressed into the further acts there begins to be a change in Reverend Hale, in that he begins to use his reason over the idea of law. You begin to see Hale not rejecting the ideas of the people being accused in the name of law, but instead he begins to start to defend the people who are currently being prosecuted as he makes comments against the court. An example of this is when he gets to the point where he cannot accept the actions of the court in arresting Giles Corey and John Proctor and says, â€Å"I denounce these proceedings! I quit this court!† (111). This is Reverend Hale’s first time actually standing up to the court and taking down the courts actions. He is clearly showing a major change by turning down the idea of law in order to defend reason. In the story Reverend Hale acknowledges his change by saying, â€Å"Let you not mistake y our duty as I mistook my own. I came into this village like a bridegroom to his beloved, bearing gifts of high religion; the very crowns of holy law I brought, and what I touched with my bright confidence, it died; and where I turned the eye of my great faith, blood flowed up†Show MoreRelatedJohn Hale1111 Words   |  5 PagesA crucible is defined as a severe trial or a container in which metals are melted at very high temperatures. Much like how metals mold to a new shape at very high temperatures, people change when severe trials and challenges present themselves. When innocent lives are lost, a person will realize the wrongs and attempt to make things right again. The character John Hale must forget his old teachings and way of life to try to return the town of Salem to a peaceful community. 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