Guilt, guilt can mean many things. To most people though guilt means feeling bad for someone or feeling bad for yourself. Guilt often occurs when one is embarrassed or sad that something happened. Guilt can cause a person to assist the victim and help that person get better. Guilt is a very common theme in The crucible and is constantly shown in characters throughout the play, Reverend Hale is one of those characters. Although Hale believed that all the convicts were actually witches he eventually realizes that they are not and feels very guilty about accusing them and tries his best to save them from death. Guilt in the real world can be seen as trying to be supportive of someone going through physical or emotional pain. At the end of the