The Reverend

Carolina”. It peaked my interest and I found out that a service was going on the next day in Chapel Hill, NC which is fairly close to me since I reside at home. Being Catholic, I never expected to find myself sitting criss-cross on a mat, in a semi-circle, while partaking in a Buddhist service, but I did. On Sunday morning I drove approximately fifteen minutes down the road and pulled into a winding gravel driveway. Rounding the corner, I came face to face with a building that resembled a fancy modern lodge. It was very nice with very large glass windows that took up entire walls. My ears were met with serene instrumental music while walking up the building steps, which I 'm assuming had a Korean background since their website states that the Reverend 's have Korean influences in their teachings. Right as I was about to enter, a sign stationed around knee-level caught my eye, “Please no shoes” was printed in big letters right next to kindergarten style cubbies. Hesitantly, I took off my shoes, stuffed them in a cubby, and headed inside. Once inside, a small table containing a jar of donations in the middle of the room is the first thing that caught my eye. Looking to my left, I was met with a huge glass window for a wall that allowed people to peer into the meditation room before going in. Upon walking up to the window, I peered in and got a good look at the meditation room, it was an empty room with mats laid in a horseshoe shape all facing the front. Additionally, the…

spells to the mature man of the house when the dust finally settles and the dust is about to clear an extremely important example of this is when Adam regards Levi about their father. Levi is still holding out on the hope that their father is going to pull thru and be okay. Adam responds “I told him as kindly as I could, ‘Now listen to me, Levi. Father is dead. That’s all there is to it, …’”. Adam shows now that he is ready to be the father figure, by explaining the situation in a very similar…

Towards the end of act one, Reverend Parris reflects his concerns about the drama that will arise; he brings up this topic with Rebecca and says, “Why, Rebecca, we may open up the boils of our troubles today!”(Miller 37) Putnam and Reverend Parris are discussing calling Reverend Hale: Putnam felt inclined to call Reverend Hale without consulting a meeting, in the middle of act one; he says, “I’m sick of meetings; cannot the man turn his head without he have a meeting?”(Miller 26) Half way…

Salem, Massachusetts is a religious town brimming with rumors of witchcraft and hysteria. In order to investigate the rumors of witchcraft, Reverend John Hale was called to investigate two girls for signs of the Devil. Reverend Hale is a committed Christian who is proclaimed to be an expert of witchcraft. In the play, as the girls are giving names of those who allegedly practice witchcraft he exclaims "Hallelujah". He plays an intricate role in the story as one of the most moral characters. As a…

Rev Parris character analysis In the play “The Crucible”, Reverend Samuel Parris is immediately shown as a selfish and greedy man. In the first act of the play Betty, Reverend Parris’s daughter, is in a coma like state. In that scene, he talks with Abigail one of his nieces, regarding Betty’s current state and how she got in that condition. However he is quick to jump on to the importance that the word of Betty’s condition is not to be released publicly because he claims (on 1.1093) that…

Author Miller’s famous play, The Crucible, focuses on the infamous witch trials that took place in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. During the Salem Witch Trials, 20 “witches” whom were accused and hung for not confessing to the false accusations. Although hundreds of other accusations occurred during the Salem Witch Trials, many avowed to being a witch to save their lives. Throughout the dramatic, trust-breaking and heart-wrenching scenes of The Crucible, Reverend Hale develops from a doctor who…

In the book The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller, the play is set in the town of Salem, Massachusetts in the late 1600’s. Several teenage girls who are residents of Salem are seen practicing witchcraft by the town’s reverend, Reverend Parris. Due to a fear of witchcraft, Reverend Parris request that fellow Reverend Hale come to Salem to help cure Salem of witchcraft because Reverend Hale is considered an expert in curing witchcraft. As the play progresses, Reverend Hale undergoes changes such…

Reverend Parris By Brandon Evans Reverend Parris was the uncle of Abigail Williams and the father of Betty Parris. He also was a minister in Salem during the Salem witch trials in The Crucible, but he was not the best minister. Parris could be related to the song “Neon Cathedral”, by Macklemore, because he was a bad minister, he was stuck “between pride and shame”, and he was corrupt. Both Reverend Parris and the situation in the song were corrupt. At first, Parris thought that the girls had…

In Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible, Reverend Hale, a specialist on witchcraft from Beverly, enters the colony of Salem, Massachusetts. He was summoned here by Reverend Parris to ascertain the presence of witchcraft in his home. Considering himself to be in league with the best minds in Europe, Hale immediately examines Parris’s daughter Betty and interrogates Parris’s niece Abigail and slave Tituba. His interrogation causes Tituba and Abigail to ‘confess’ to witchery and accuse others of the…

Reverend Hale, one of the main characters in Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible”, is definitely the true tragic hero of the play, even more of than John Proctor, who ends up nobly dying for a cause. Arguably, many people will lean towards John Proctor and his death for the topic of the Tragic Hero, but Reverend Hale loses much more; his internal faith and understanding. Reverend Hale comes to Salem, as the village is in need of spiritual healing. His first mention gives me a feeling of boldness and…