The Crucible Mr Hale Essay

Teagan Lyles Mr. Limesand American Lit. 3 March, 2024 Mr. Hale and Realization Imagine being convicted of a serious crime you didn’t commit. That’s the situation the people of Salem face in the game. In the play The Crucible by Arthur Miller, townspeople are accused of being a witch and could get hanged because of the crime. Mr. Hale becomes the man who tries to help the wrongly accused after he realizes people are accusing others for fun. In part 1 Mr. Hale accuses people with little to no evidence of being a witch. Shortly after Mr. Hale arrives, he goes to see Betty and see what her condition is like. Mr. Hale goes into Betty’s room to look at her. He picks her up and she falls limp in his arms. Abigail tells Mr. Hale that Tituba is called

I denounce these proceedings, I quit this court. He slams the door to the outside behind him” (99, 120). Here you can see Mr.Hale pointing out that this is a serious matter and that Mr.Proctor should get a lawyer before the court trial continues any further. Mr. Hale shows that he cares about the victims of these accusations, by speaking out and suggesting that the court should pause until Mr. Proctor finds a lawyer. After 3 months when Mr.Hale returns, Mr.Hale stormed out of the courthouse because the judges would not hear him out and since he thought it silly that the court would allow Abigail to think there is an imaginary bird in the rafters. During Mr. Hales's visit with the accused pleading with them to confess, he asks Mr. Danforth “Excellency if you postpone a week. You know do you not, that I have no connection with the court? She seems to doubt it. I come of my own, Goody Proctor. I would save your husband’s life, for if he is taken I count myself his murderer” (130-131). Mr.Hale is begging Mr.Danforth to postpone the hangings for a week so he can get more people to confess and not be killed, and if they did die he would blame himself for not trying hard