The Crucible Characterization Essay
Witchcraft was something rare to be heard in the streets of Salem, but after Abigail and her group of girls did something unexpected and against the rules of the society, trouble was known to come. The act The Crucible discusses the story of the Salem witch trials which took place in order to find the true blameworthy of witchcraft. An immense amount of rumors, hatred and confusion resided in town which later on results in the killing of 19 people. Certain characters lead to a rising hysteria of witchcraft in the town and one of those characters is Reverend John Hale. Reverend Hale is a person who masters in solving witchcraft cases, he is a unique character who plays an important role throughout the story. …show more content…
He feels that what he is doing is not right and there is a bigger picture that he is not able to see. Unable to decide his stance on people, he visits all the residents of Salem that were mentioned in the court so that he gets to know them more. One of them was Elizabeth Proctor, he visits the Proctors and interrogates them regarding their life and how connected they are to Christianity. Reverend Hale says that “ I am a stranger here, as you know. And in my ignorance I find it hard to draw a clear opinion of them that come accused before that court”(Miller 1169). Here we can see direct characterization of Reverend Hale, he is unclear on his opinions on the accused and is trying to fill in the missing gaps by visiting houses of people. By having a good conversation with the Proctors and getting to know more about them he realizes that they are nice people. Also later on Proctor discloses with Hale that Abigail told Proctor that the sickness of the children has nothing to do with the witchcraft. After hearing this, his suspicion increases and he develops to change his …show more content…
When everyone in the court come to know that Abigail has ran away, their suspicions become reality. Reverend Hale already had feelings that Abigail was faking and there was no witchcraft in Salem. By the time he realizes this, there was no way out which made him feel guilty. Reverend Hale - “I come to counsel Christians they should belie themselves .There is blood on my head! Can you not see the blood on my head!!”(Miller 1224). Here we can see that Reverend Hale could not believe that all this time he was accusing the wrong people for a sin they never committed . At this point, Hale had understood that he was manipulated by those in the position of power in Salem. He is filled with guilt for his role in condemning those to death under false pretenses. He later begs Elizabeth to change John Proctor’s mind and save him and a lot other from witnessing
Witchcraft was something rare to be heard in the streets of Salem, but after Abigail and her group of girls did something unexpected and against the rules of the society, trouble was known to come. The act The Crucible discusses the story of the Salem witch trials which took place in order to find the true blameworthy of witchcraft. An immense amount of rumors, hatred and confusion resided in town which later on results in the killing of 19 people. Certain characters lead to a rising hysteria of witchcraft in the town and one of those characters is Reverend John Hale. Reverend Hale is a person who masters in solving witchcraft cases, he is a unique character who plays an important role throughout the story. …show more content…
He feels that what he is doing is not right and there is a bigger picture that he is not able to see. Unable to decide his stance on people, he visits all the residents of Salem that were mentioned in the court so that he gets to know them more. One of them was Elizabeth Proctor, he visits the Proctors and interrogates them regarding their life and how connected they are to Christianity. Reverend Hale says that “ I am a stranger here, as you know. And in my ignorance I find it hard to draw a clear opinion of them that come accused before that court”(Miller 1169). Here we can see direct characterization of Reverend Hale, he is unclear on his opinions on the accused and is trying to fill in the missing gaps by visiting houses of people. By having a good conversation with the Proctors and getting to know more about them he realizes that they are nice people. Also later on Proctor discloses with Hale that Abigail told Proctor that the sickness of the children has nothing to do with the witchcraft. After hearing this, his suspicion increases and he develops to change his …show more content…
When everyone in the court come to know that Abigail has ran away, their suspicions become reality. Reverend Hale already had feelings that Abigail was faking and there was no witchcraft in Salem. By the time he realizes this, there was no way out which made him feel guilty. Reverend Hale - “I come to counsel Christians they should belie themselves .There is blood on my head! Can you not see the blood on my head!!”(Miller 1224). Here we can see that Reverend Hale could not believe that all this time he was accusing the wrong people for a sin they never committed . At this point, Hale had understood that he was manipulated by those in the position of power in Salem. He is filled with guilt for his role in condemning those to death under false pretenses. He later begs Elizabeth to change John Proctor’s mind and save him and a lot other from witnessing