In Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible, he develops his characters by putting them in situations that challenges their initial views. They all change in their own way throughout the play. Miller shows that when you put people in a certain situation they cannot be close-minded. They have to put aside their own morals and think of the other possibilities. An example of a character that really developed throughout the play was Reverend Hale. He was faced with a situation in which he must put aside his beliefs. His eyes were opened to both good and evil in this play. He develops into a man who becomes more aware of what is actually happening rather than just sticking to what he was taught. He is motivated to help and in order to do that he had to put certain things aside. In the beginning of the play, when Hale was introduced it was clear that he follows the books. He believes the innocent will be saved and the people that sin will suffer consequences. In act two of The Crucible, Hale goes to the Proctor’s household to figure out why …show more content…
However, in the middle of act three he begins to experience a change. After hearing the conversation between Mary Warren and Proctor, he realizes that lies were being told to the court. Unfortunately, the mistakes may not be undone and the innocent has to suffer. Hale does have faith that the innocent will be able to get through this with the help of God, but it is evident that he is slowly losing faith. He knows that if the court were to find out that this was all just a bunch of lies and that the accused were not the ones at fault they would still precede with the hangings. The reason behind is because they would not like to look wrong to the common people. Hale knows he cannot do anything about it. It is obvious that he must feel guilty because he feels as if he is putting the innocent to