Hale's Manipulation Of Hale In The Crucible

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Hale feels great success with the finding of the first witch,Tituba, and continues with finding others. His over excitement in trying to track down all the witches in Salem leads him to be easily manipulated by Abigail. When he starts to feel that he is in fact being manipulated, his confidence starts to fade. In act 2, he proceeds to interview the list of people accused of witchcraft for himself . Hale visits John Proctor’s house after visiting Rebecca Nurse, two people that he did completely believe were guilty. By visiting their household himself, without informing the court ,although this may seem like nothing Hale, is showing that he is starting to wonder about the accuracy of his conclusions. He begins to struggle with what to do after

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