Hale Crucible

A detailed Summary of Hale Crucible

John Hale is the minister of Beverly, which has been summoned to Salem to discover and

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

the proceedings of the court”, is Mary’s thrice reversal of her story which now states that

Three, Hale is now a true believer in the court being unjust, but not yet a fully devotee to

Elizabeth to persuade John to confess to save his life, he admits what he did wrong, “Hale:

“Hale: Excellency, there are orphans wandering the streets from house to house;

prayer. Ironically, he encounters, Tituba, after hearing that this Barbados slave had been

Proctor’s notion was nonsense since Hale himself conducted the examinations with the

no slightest qualm of conscience may doubt it. Danforth: Mr. Hale, you surely do not

Approximate Word count = 2448
Approximate Pages = 10 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: English

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