Moral Issues In The Crucible

The Crucible is an extended analogy of the 1950’s Red Scare written in a historical context of the seventeenth century witch trials. Throughout the course of the book Hale has many moral struggles that change and are affected by the honesty or dishonestly that is presented by the actions of the other characters. Reverend Hale’s moral struggles throughout The Crucible was driven by the choices and actions of the characters with the ultimate goal of maintaining justice. Whether or not the character’s were telling the truth or not, affected the struggle that Hale has with making the right choice. Hale’s choices were influenced by the character 's decision to be honest due to the fact that they thought it benefit them to lie in some situations. …show more content…
But in this situation Abigail was lying which lead to the struggle of Hale having to make the right decision depending on what story he believed. Hale would always try his best to look at all of the facts and get to the bottom of the situation, in the most reasonable way possible. But as the book went on and the problem came to an end Hale never took the side of Abigail. Hale said “I believe him. Pointing at Abigail: This girl has always struck me false!” (106), this shows that Hale saw through the lies of Abigail. By her putting the blame on others made it harder for Hale and increased his moral struggle. Such as from the beginning of the play Abigail started out by putting the blame on Tituba. Abigail realizes that after she denied herself not being involved in witchcraft, she feels the guilt but she still puts the blame on Tituba. Abigail tried to protect herself by directing everything towards Tituba, she said “I never sold myself! I’m a good girl! I’m a proper girl! …show more content…
He hoped to keep his ruling, points and beliefs equal for everyone, by trying to help all even with the differences in stories he was hearing. But Hale also wanted to keep justice by providing the support and assistance for all that had been accused. When Hale says “Proctor, I cannot think God be provoked so grandly by such a petty cause. The Jails are packed-- our greatest judges sit in Salem now-- and hangin’s promised. ...Were there murder done, perhaps, and never brought to light? Abomination?... Think on cause, man, and let you help me to discover it.” (75) He says this to Proctor when he loses his temper due to his wife being accused. Proctor tries to protect his wife but he surely isn’t in the best situation for doing so with him also being involved with the accusations. Hale says this intending to try to calm Proctor down, but also hoping he can do his best to help with the situation. With the pleasure that is put on Hale when he is helping and figuring out the trails, goes along with the authority in his position that he has to respect the final results whether they guilty and the