In the play, Reverend Hale makes the title true by the way his essence was reduced. Reverend Hale’s essence was reduced when he was called to Salem, Massachusetts to help cast the devil’s spirit off young kids. Throughout the play, Reverend Hale’s main focus was to save people’s lives. In Act 3 it states Hale said, “I denounce these proceedings, I quit the court,” because he thought it was foolish, and back then anybody who stood up to the court was killed. In the last act, Hale began to ask people to confess, to save themselves, though it was a lie he wanted nothing more than for people to stop dying. In the last act Hale was speaking with John Proctor and began to realize that Proctor was lying. Though Hale is a reverend he realized how the …show more content…
Elizabeth was put through a crucible or severe test in which no matter what she saw the good and her husband and was willing to lie for him. In Act 3 while at court Danforth asked Elizabeth, “Look at me, to your knowledge, had John Proctor ever committed the crime of lechery? Answer my question is your husband a lecher!” Elizabeth responds with, “No sir.” Followed by Danforth telling Marshal to remove her and John Proctor telling her to tell the truth because he confessed told them. Elizabeth thinks then realizes what she has just done and has been caught in a lie and John tells the court she was only trying to save his name. Elizabeth’s test would’ve been doing the right thing. Although John is her husband, she should’ve told the truth for not just their sake but everyone else’s. If Elizabeth told the truth she would’ve put an end to all the false accusations being made against John, Abigail, and many others. As time goes on and both Elizabeth and Proctor are in jail, in their last conversation Elizabeth was with a child, and she told John she could not judge him and that she realized he was a good husband. Elizabeth’s essence was reduced and she passed her test causing the title true, by not trying to force John Proctor to give them his