Zusammenfassung der Ressource
How does Miller show the changes in Hale during the
course of 'The Crucible'?
- Who is Reverend John Hale?
- Reputation of understanding the demonic arts, hence called to investigate the witchcraft.
- "Mr Hale is nearly forty, a tight-skinned, eager-eyed intellectual.
This is a beloved errand for him; on being called here to ascertain
witchcraft he felt the pride of the specialist whose unique
knowledge has at last been publicly called for."
- Is a character whom undergoes significant changes
- Character at the Beginning
- Hale arrives "loaded down with half a dozen heavy books" and impresses people with a speech about the power and truth these books contain.
- "They must be; they are weighted with authority."
- Depicts Hales personality
- Enjoys being the centre of attention in Salem
- Hale attempts to impress with several speeches about witchcraft
- He says "with a tasty love of intellectual pursuit."
- Charcater in the Middle
- End of Act 3 he wants to flee Salem because he is horrified by what is happening
- Character at the End
- "There is blood on my head! Can you not see the blood on my head."
- Tortured by guilt which was created by the part he played in peoples deaths
- Sympathy for comdemned and torn by doubt about the validity and truth of the witch hunt.
- Hale wants to save Proctor from death with links to him changing his views on the witchcraft in Salem