1) Reverand Hale is a minor character. He is not a main focal point of The Crucible, but if Hale wasn't in the story the main characters would be lacking certain characteristics. Reverand Hale puts "ideas" into the girls' heads. He is the one that is supposed to be telling people if the Devil precides in Salem and he tells the people that the Devil is present but he never really has any hard proof evidence. Reverand Hale really "stirs" the pot up for the girls to accuse people.
2) Reverand Hale's motivation is pretty evident. He wants to look like he is the one who discovered the Devil. He wants to be the so called "hero" in Salem. Hale seems like a nice guy to me though. I think he is only doing his job. Hale is acting the way he is because that is what he does for a living. He is supposed to come into villages or towns and look for clues or evidence of the Devil and witchcraft. He wants all the credit. He thinks that he knows everything there is to know and he is the "pro".
3) Hale faces the conflict of being the person to declare witchcraft on Salem. People are going to listen to him. If he says that witchcraft exist then the town will go into an uproar. Which, we all know that the town goes crazy. I think he knows that witchcraft does not exist with the girls, but everyone in the town is accusing it to be the problem. If he says that witchcraft is not the culprit then he may look like the "bad guy". I think this puts Hale in the middle of things and he doesn't know which side to pick. Reverand Hale has not overcome this dilema yet.
2) Reverand Hale's motivation is pretty evident. He wants to look like he is the one who discovered the Devil. He wants to be the so called "hero" in Salem. Hale seems like a nice guy to me though. I think he is only doing his job. Hale is acting the way he is because that is what he does for a living. He is supposed to come into villages or towns and look for clues or evidence of the Devil and witchcraft. He wants all the credit. He thinks that he knows everything there is to know and he is the "pro".
3) Hale faces the conflict of being the person to declare witchcraft on Salem. People are going to listen to him. If he says that witchcraft exist then the town will go into an uproar. Which, we all know that the town goes crazy. I think he knows that witchcraft does not exist with the girls, but everyone in the town is accusing it to be the problem. If he says that witchcraft is not the culprit then he may look like the "bad guy". I think this puts Hale in the middle of things and he doesn't know which side to pick. Reverand Hale has not overcome this dilema yet.
I agree that Hale "stirs the pot" at the start of the play. As we even get into act 2, he does somewhat start to show changes. While the court is steadfast against the people accused, he is at least trying to figure out for himself if the accused are really in league with Satan or not.
ReplyDeleteAgain, I agree partially that he wants lots of credit, but even at the end of Act 2 we see him slightly change. It isn't overly evident, but he even says that "I come of my own, without the court's authority" (198).
Try to pull in quotes from the text in your analysis. 8/10