Essay Database

The Many Faces of Reverend Hale The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller, is a play that is set during the Salem Witch Trails in the Sixteen nineties. All of Salem is put into a massive hysteria during the play, all pointing fingers at everyone else. One character that Miller uses is Reverend John Hale. Reverend Hale fights his conscience throughout the play because he doesn’t know whether to do what is right or what …

…tied to any one so his opinion of the people starts when he first meets them. The only thing that hurts Hale in the beginning is that he is part of the court and that hurts his judgment, but because he is an outsider he easily sees through the girls and their whole scheme they have going. Reverend Hale is one of the key characters who brings down the Salem witch trials in the end.