extinguish supposed witchcraft in the town of Salem, Mass. in the colonial period. Hale

overgoes a gradual change of character and belief as the play unfolds. As a dynamic

character? Though a gradual change it is, the change drastically changes his views and

ideas of what is God's will and where his priorities lie.

The end of Act One exhibits the audience a zealous priest, Reverend John Hale,

looking for evidence of witchcraft, real or make believe. Most convenient for Hale the

town of Salem has more than enough evidence for him to become ecstatic about.

Although he does express that, "We can not look to superstition in this. The Devil is

precise; the marks of his presence are as definite as stone, and I must tell you all that I

shall not precede unless you are prepared to believe me if I should find no bruise of hell

upon her" (38), it is a mere empty promise, since before the ending of Act One he already

mentally decides Salem is plagued with witchcraft, with or without concrete evidence to

support his allegation. Hale uses such scant evidence as Putnam's death of her first seven

children and Giles' wife reading of st

Francis, deeply troubled: ...Let you rest upon the Justice of the court..." (71), "Hale,

statement by questioning Hale many times over which in response Hale exclaims that

pleading: ...There is a misty plot afoot...", (71) and "Hale, in great pain: ...until an hour

the reason for Hale wanting a lawyer present. Then ,what finally forces Hale to "condemn

knows if Proctor presents Mary's testimony before the court the judges would manipulate

that the court is in the wrong. These statements are all inferior compared to the time in

self-proclaimed tortured children. After this insertion Hale begins to ask both Mrs. and

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