John Hale is the minister of Beverly, who has been summoned to discover and rid supposed witchcraft in the town of Salem, Mass. Before the end of act one he has already decided Salem is plagued with witchcraft, with or without concrete evidence to support his allegation. Reverend John Hale went looking for evidence of witchcraft, real or make believe. The three traits that best describe him would be both presumptuous, impetuous and towards the end of the play rueful for his actions.

Hale before the end of act one has already decided Salem is run by the devil, with no serious evidence to show. He exhibits presumptuous traits through act one. Hale uses evidence such as the death of Mrs. Putnam's first seven children and Giles' wife reading of strange books which keep him from reciting the Lord's Prayer. It soon shows to be easy for Hale to find any false evidence, since Salem has more than enough odd activates for him to blame on the devil. Although he does express, "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

In the end, he would try to save John Proctor's life, by attempting to convince Elizabeth to persuade John into confessing. He soon understands what he did wrong, "Hale: Let you not mistook your 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 great faith, blood flowed up." (132), this plea is given with great guilt. Hale knows he could have saved Proctor in the beginning. This put more pressure on Hale to save John's life now, no matter the cost. But, it would be too late. Hale hears Proctor's decision to undergo the punishment for not confessing, and sacrifice his life for the good of his name, hale becomes despondent with confusion. "Hale: Woman plead with him! (He starts to rush out the door and then goes back to her). Woman! It is pride, it is vanity. ...He drops to his knees. ...What profit him to bleed? Shall the dust praise him? Shall the worms declare his truth?" (145). John Hale the minister Beverly, summoned to find and rid witchcraft in the town of Salem. He sought for evidence of witchcraft that he never found. In the end he was left a broken man. This, by far, wasn't the outcome anyone had hoped for.

Near the end of act two, Goody Nurse, the kindest, most saint-like of Salem people, had been taken into custody under suspicion of witchcraft. This is where it beco

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