The Crucible Reverend Analysis

Entering any new community, especially when dealing with a crisis, is difficult for anyone to handle and adjust to which is true to no one more than Reverend John Hale. The reverend, from Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, left the town of Salem a whole new person after the trials, but not any less of a genuine and caring man than he was when he first set foot there. Hale was summoned to help the town with it’s witchcraft problem by accusing citizens he saw fit, yet ironically the reverend was the only cautious and logical character when it came to justifying their actions throughout the play. He held no bias against any others characters and so he was one of the few with good intentions for the town not solely themselves. Thus, making Reverend Hale the least responsible for any of Salem’s troubles and the largest reason why many lives were saved. The closing events of Act I was the first time Reverend Hale was introduced in the play as he visited Parris’s daughter, Betty during her unconscious state to give his analysis. Hale did not surmise any allegations of

His inquiry led to his distrust of the girls and their story, specifically Abigail while he found Proctor and Elizabeth to be exceptionally favorable after his early suspicion of them, even with their lack of religion. His first attempt to help Proctor and his family was when he wished for them “God keep you both;” and urged to “keep a solemn, quiet way among you,” (Miller 67). Later in Act III during the trials he fought for not only Proctor, but every citizen in Salem being accused. He argued with rulings of Judge Danforth by saying “Excellency… I am a minister of the Lord, and I dare not take a life without there be a proof so immaculate no slightest qualm of conscience may doubt it,” (Miller 92). Hale was truly the only character in the play to base all his decisions off justice