Towards the middle, Reverend Hale started noticing flaws in the court and the story of witchcraft which led him to be skeptical. One evening, Hale went to John Proctor’s house to investigate John’s wife, Elizabeth, for symptoms of witchcraft since she was mentioned of having witchcraft in the court. During that night, Elizabeth told John to tell Hale about how Abigael mentioned that witchcraft was fake. Hale shockingly says, “Abigail Williams told you it had naught to do with witchcraft” (pg 69)! This is the turning point of Hale’s change of character because he is questioning Abigail’s testimony. At first, after hearing this, he started denying it because he saw Tituba, and Sarah Good confess of dealing with the devil with his own eyes. However,
