The morals of reverend John Hale line up with the ethics of the community throughout most of the play, “The Crucible.” Hale is not from Salem, but Reverend Parris called him to look for witchcraft in the town of Salem, Massachusetts. Reverend Hale originally believed that there were witches, until John Proctor had told him that Abigail Williams was lying. He then tried to get people to convince to save their lives. The morals of Reverend John Hale line up with the ethics of the community of Salem. They are very religious people and their law is the bible. They are called puritans. They do not celebrate Christmas. When Reverend Parris caught Abigail and his daughter, Betty, in the woods dancing, he thought that they were practicing witchcraft.