John Hale Changes In The Crucible

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People can change vastly throughout time. One example of this can be found in The Crucible by Arthur Miller. This tragedy is about well respected man named John Hale fighting for the accusers from the Salem witch trials. John Hale is a reverend in Salem. Hale has changed a lot throughout the play because in the beginning of the story Hale believed in superstition and witchcraft. In the second act Hale was trying to find accusations for the accusers. In the third act Hale started changing the way he was thinking about witchcraft, and by act four Hale believed the court was not giving valid evidence to blame an accuser. All of these statements lead to the growth and maturity of Hale.
In act one Hale believed that witchcraft was a big problem
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When Hale was interviewing Tituba (a slave in Salem) Hale was trying to find out if Tituba knew anything that happened to the girl that was passed out by saying, “You are god's instrument put in our hands to discover the devil's agents among us. You are selected, Tituba, you are chosen to help us cleanse our village…” (157), Hale is showing he needs Tituba to tell him what she saw. With this evidence we can conclude at act one Hale was cocky about finding the witch and he believed that all this happened because of …show more content…
It's said you had hold no belief that there may even be witches in the world. Is that true, sir? (170)
In Salem at this time period most of the people believe that if you don't think there are witches then it means you are a witch. Hale got a actuation saying that Proctor does not believe in witches so Hale is confirming that. Hale next questions Elizabeth Proctor to see if there family are witches. Hale questioned if the Proctors were holy by saying:
Aye. But the devil is a witty one, you cannot deny it. However, she is far from accused, and I know she will not be. I thought, sir, to put some questions as to the christian character of this house, if you’ll permit me. (167)
This quote shows Hale is trying to see if the accusations were valid. Based of the evidence we can see Hale has not changed very much from the first act.
In act three Hale was standing up for the accusers and changing the way he was thinking. At this part of the play the accusers were at court getting treated unfairly. Hale wanted to stop this injustice. Hale demonstrates to give the accusers fair