Throughout “The Crucible,” Reverend John Hale has been seen as an intelligent and naive witch-hunter. When we are first introduced to this character, Miller describes him as a, “Tight-skinned, eager-eyed intellectual.” He had been summoned to examine Parris’s daughter, Betty, for witchcraft, as Hale was a specialist who had a unique knowledge on the subject. Within the beginning of the play, he is the force behind the witch trials, probing for confessions and coaxing people to testify. However, over the course of the story he experiences a transformation that is more prominent than any of the other characters. Reverend Hale continues to listen to John Proctor and Mary Warren, and becomes convinced that they are the ones speaking the truth
