In, The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, Reverend Hale is an example of a dynamic character and changes throughout the play. Reverend Hale starts as confident and is looking forward to helping get the “evil spirits” out of Salem. But as the circumstances around him change and other people's stories unfold, he disagrees with everything the court has done and feels guilty and ashamed that he is part of the reason for all of the innocent people being hung. At the beginning of the play, Reverend Hale is called into Salem because there are talks of witchcraft and the devil invading their town. While he is there, he works with the court and helps them “catch” the people who saw the devil and hang the ones who don’t confess. However, after hearing John Proctor's story about his affair with Abigail and how she is just …show more content…
By the end of the play, Hale was feeling guilty for what he took part in. He claims that your life is the most important gift you will ever have and he was the reason why so many innocent people lost that “gift”. He tries to help save the people who were still alive from being hung by attempting to get John Proctor to confess so everyone else would follow in his footsteps. His plan ends up failing when John Proctor doesn’t confess because he doesn’t want his name to be ruined since he only has one and they all end up getting hung anyway. This change in Hale communicates to the reader that people make mistakes and no matter how much you regret it or learn from it, you can’t go back and fix the mistake and the damage it caused will always be there. This theme is important in today's world because people tend to make carless mistakes and think that they can easily be fixed, but the play shows that is not true and some mistakes can have an impact that lasts for the rest of your