Towards the end, Reverend Hale notices the evidence that proves the court’s injustice and decides to turn his back against the court and helps out the prisoners. When Danforth ordered the twelve girls to come in the court and when he told them how Mary is accusing them of making the whole story about witchcraft up; Abigail and the other girls started accusing John Proctor of witchcraft even though John showed solid proof of evidence that the girls are lying. Danforth starts believing that John is a witch and told Marshall to take John Proctor and Giles Corey away. Hale angrily says, “ I denounce these proceedings, I quit this court” (pg 120)! Hale in the court realized how the governor and judge are only listening to the girls…
Although the novel “Witches! The Absolutely True Tale of Disaster in Salem” by Rosalyn Schanzer is an informational text, it exhibits numerous qualities which can be found in literary works. First of all, a characteristic that sets this novel apart from most informational texts is its theme, which is the moral or lesson of the story. A theme is crucial to a literary work because it demonstrates a piece of knowledge that should be acquired after reading the story. Informational texts do not customarily contain themes, for they are written for the sole purpose of presenting information to the reader.…
Imagine being an innocent person accused of being a communist and jailed. In the article about McCarthy and the Red Scare, Alan Brinkley states how the Red Scare started rumors that affected the way people acted. Alan Brinkley states in the article, “The Red Scares were fears when government officials and other groups promoted a fear of communism in the United States, which would overthrow capitalism and democracy” (Brinkley). The government starts to fear that there were communists in the United States and they do not want it to cause anything bad for the country so they start to accuse people and jail them. When the Red Scares starts to happen everyone starts to be afraid because they do not want to be part of the rumors and have connection…
Reverend Hale was afraid to admit that he was wrong about supposed witchcraft in Salem. Way back in Act 1 Hale was so confident that there was witchcraft around. He had so much proof that there were witches around. Later in Act III and Act IV he starting having doubts. He noticed that Governor Danforth was just hanging innocent people.…
“His goal is light, goodness and its preservation, and he knows the exaltation of the blessed whose intelligence, sharpens by minute examinations of enormous tracts...” This is written by Arthur Miller to describe the character Reverend John Hale in the play, The Crucible. He is a minister from the next town over, Beverly, called to Salem to try to help Reverend Parris with the witchcraft epidemic. Reverend Hale is a dynamic character whose faith, will to do the right thing, and choices lead to him becoming a more spiritual, open-minded, and brazen character. In the beginning, Reverend John Hale is concrete in his beliefs on the Bible and is sure of his calling to carry out the will of God.…
The witch trials, undisputed by Proctor, leads to the arrest of numerous respectable members of the Salem community. This transforms the views of many characters in the drama, especially Reverend John Hale, a young minister who is initially the main force behind the witch trials. The arrest of the more prominent accused changes Hale’s beliefs by giving him a new perspective and challenging his firm superstition and unfaltering loyalty to the court. Hale 's change in view is demonstrated when he declares “I denounce these proceedings, I quit this court!” (Miller 111).…
The Crucible by Arthur Miller is a very interesting because it took place so long ago and is about something that happened in our American history but is also still a fictional play. The Crucible is about two main characters, John Proctor, and Abigail Williams. In the beginning Abigail Williams is caught by her uncle, Reverend Parris, dancing in the woods with their maid Tituba and many other girls. Betty, Abigail 's cousin, and another younger girl became sick and unable to wake up. Witchcraft is thrown up as a possible cause of the little girls being ill and the entire town becomes fearful.…
Having had grown up in a household with two sisters each being being two years apart i know what it is like to lie in order to avoid being punished. Growing up my sisters and I would always blame each other to prevent punishment. My mom would eventually grow tired of trying to figure out which of us three actually did it and either be left off the hook or be punished equally. When my sisters would get in trouble for something i did i would feel guilty and was obliged to try and make it up to them by letting them use one of my toys or confessing to my mom.…
Ruble of the Truth Dumbledore once said, "The truth, it is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great caution” (J.K. Rowling). People will find throughout their lives what is true is what decides their fate. The truth keeps people wondering, scared, awake, confused, and even alive (or not). In the past what people said is what built the future, but what is not true will eventually show in the repercussions of choices they make. In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, truth is a factor that people cannot control; therefore, it seems to decides the fate of the prosecuted and the people around them.…
The people that were called out were mainly the helpless or people who wronged the girls. There was never any actual evidence so to prove the accused were in fact witches the girls’ would have fits in court. Steering away from places of logic, the judges and townsfolk believed this. Why? “People of Salem’s worst fear is defiance of god” (Browne).…
A crucial theme Arthur Miller discusses in his play, The Crucible, is repression of individual freedom. While John Proctor represents individuality, the Puritan theocracy symbolizes the repressiveness of a body of government. The most prominent representation of individuality in Miller’s play is John Proctor. Proctor’s idiosyncratic mind within Salem is not apparent to the reader until he stops agreeing with the courts and his peers.…
Reverend Hale, a specialist in witchcraft, and a very eager eyed intellectual, comes to Salem, to get to the bottom of the chaos occurring in this small town of Puritan people. He is a man that firmly believes in the devil and believes that there is a society of spirits beyond our ken. During Hale’s time in Salem, he is able to really discover the truth behind every action that ends up occurring, and why things happen the way they do. Reverend Hale plays a purpose in Arthur Miller’s play, because he represents the audience and how we are slowly seeing the true irony behind the events occurring and how ridiculously false accusations can lead to someone’s death.…
This depended on the witch’s testimony that would be given to the judges. Often these testimonies that are given by these witches are usually admitting to witchcraft and shortly after accuse someone else. Some did not admit to witchcraft…
Becton 1 “Fear breeds superstition; superstition breeds fear.” In the play “The Crucible” by Arthur Miller he explains how fear and superstition feed to the amusement of people by using examples of how fear breeds superstition, and how superstition breeds fear. The Salem Witch Trials within the play is a considerable explanation of how fear and superstition breed off one another.…
As the summer passes and autumn arrives, the witch trials have now officially caused major restlessness in neighboring towns, and this makes Danforth grow nervous. Abigail decides to run away with all of Parris’s money with her. Reverend Hale has now completely lost his faith in the court, and begins begging the accused witches to confess falsely so that they can save their lives, however, they refuse in order to keep their honor. Judge Danforth comes up with an idea however, he asks Elizabeth to please talk to John and convince him to confess, and she agrees. John agrees to confess because of his desire to live, however he refuses to incriminate anyone else.…