Reverend Hale Archetypes

Reverend Hale: Hero and Traveler

Arthur Miller developed several great characters in his novel THE CRUCIBLE. Connection to 21st century, time period, other archetypes. Reverend Hale, an example of the hero and traveler archetype, which is demonstrated by a connection to the 21st century, how the time period affected the story, and further illustrated by a comparison to other characters in other novels, movies, and other types of media. Hale is the only member of the court who questions the court's decisions. Of which he is striving for justice. Once he realizes that Abigail is a fraud, Hale devotes himself to attempt to persuade the other prisoners to confess so that they may avoid execution.

Reverend Hale, a character from the 16th century, has several qualities and experiences that can be associated with the 21st century. " David

Reverend Hale is much similar to John Proctor. John Proctor shows leadership and hard work in the town of Salem. Sourced from (CliffNotes.com). Like Reverend Hale showing leadership in the court. Reverend Hale also proves a hard worker in doing what he believes is right. Giles Corey can be much similar to Reverend Hale by Giles accidentally speaking bad of his wife. Saying, (“She reads weird books…”) after he said that he realized that she would then be tried for witchery. He tried to defend her, but failed. Sourced from The Crucible. Much like Reverend Hale realizing he sentenced the innocent. Reverend Hale tried to defend the rest and failed to do so. The author, Arthur Miller, makes his point in THE CRUCIBLE that (“moral arrogance, the tendency to render unyielding judgements is not confined within the American power structure.”). Cited from Arthur Miller’s THE CRUCIBLE/ Harold Bloom. Similar to Reverend Hale by himself having unyielding judgements and later finding the American power structure unjust and