Free Essays on Reverend Hale In The Crucible

  1. Reverend John Hale: Authority and Illogic or Conscience and Logic?

    REVEREND JOHN HALE: AUTHORITY AND ILLOGIC OR CONSCIENCE AND LOGIC? In Arthur Miller's, The Crucible, when characters are faced with adversity, they are forced to show their true morals and beliefs. The character of Reverend John Hale fights a battle between what ideals have been engraved in his mind...

  2. the crucible tom

    The Crucible Which character changed over the course of the play? John Procter did by becoming a better person and standing up for what’s right. Proctor try’s to fix what has gone wrong with witchcraft in The Crucible by Arthur Miller. John Proctor made a lot of right and wrong choices. The reason...

  3. Reverend Hale’s Changing Views

    Reverend Hale’s Changing Views Very much like King Henry the IV who killed anyone he so desires had much power and used it loosely. King Henry was one of the most powerful people during the time. He used his power often to kill people he did not like or oppose. Likewise the play “The Crucible” by also...

  4. Crucible essay

    witches. In The Crucible by Arthur Miller, many people who have been accused of being a witch go through the witch trials. Reverend Hale is a unique character that attributes to the witch trails. Hale is determined to save as many people as possible in a caring manner. Reverend hale shows determination...

  5. The Crucible, John Proctor

    In the Crucible John Proctor has changed a lot and his whole character changes because he fight for the girls to be accused of making false accusations and he finally gives in and turns against the towns people. The girls being brought to justice motivates John and makes him fight for his wife and everybody...

  6. The Crucible

    Name Teacher Class Hour/Time Date The Crucible In Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible”, you learn a lot about the Salem Witch Trials as well as McCarthyism. A crucible is a place or occasion of severe test or trial or a place or situation in which different elements interact to produce something...

  7. The Crucible Essay

    In The Crucible by Arthur Miller Salem is on the brink of disaster because of a bunch of girls trying to stay out of trouble. Reverend Hale, an expert on witchcraft comes into town in an attempt to stop all the chaos. He eventually fights a battle between what is right, and upholding his beliefs. ...

  8. The Crucible

    Reverend Parris and Abigail Williams are examples of people looking to benefit themselves. Reverend Parris would always ask what he was getting from situations. In the beginning of the play, he was arguing about how much wood he was getting and how much he was being paid. This is an example of his self-absorbency...

  9. The Crucible

    The Crucible Arthur Miller A NOTE ON THE HISTORICAL ACCURACY OF THIS PLAY This play is not history in the sense in which the word is used by the academic historian. Dramatic purposes have sometimes required many characters to be fused into one; the number of girls involved in the “crying-out”...

  10. The Crucible

    The Crucible The Crucible is a play that was written by Arthur Miller in 1952. It took just a year for this play to win the Tony for the best play. This play is used throughout the United States today to help educate students about the Salem witch trials. “The Crucible is set against the backdrop of...

  11. Irony in the Crucible

    actually happens. The Crucible is a play by the American playwright Arthur Miller, and is filled with examples of irony throughout the play to build suspense and create anxiety. Arthur Miller used three kinds of irony, and they are dramatic, cosmic, and verbal irony. The Crucible is filled with many examples...

  12. Book Review Form: the Crucible

    you study for AP and IB exams. Therefore, they should be concise and well organized. Excessive wordiness is UNDESIRABLE. 1. Title of work: The Crucible 2. Author and date written: Arthur Miller, 1953 3. Country of author: United States 4. Characters (label as major or minor) with brief descriptions...

  13. The Story of Crucible

    The Crucible takes place in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. The action begins in the home of Reverend Parris, whose daughter Betty lies unconscious and appears very ill. Around midnight the night before, Parris had discovered Betty, his niece Abigail, and Tituba, his black slave, dancing in the woods,...

  14. The Best and Worst of the Crucible

    In the play “The Crucible”, by Arthur Miller, the reader is introduced to a time similar to the author’s own. This time is 1692, the Salem witch trials. The author shows how vengeful and greedy even the purist of human beings can be at another’s expense. Through conflict, symbolism, and characterization...

  15. Crucible Essay

    guided him to do so. Throughout The Crucible, each character was put through a severe test, John Proctor, Reverend John Hale and Elizabeth Proctor all experienced a test which altered their personality and morals. This test changed Salem and the witch trials. Once Hale changed his personality, he worked...

  16. The Crucible - a Play Written by Arthur Miller

    |I|I|I| |I|I| |I|I|I| |I|I| The Crucible |I|I|I| |I|I| |I|I|I| Owen Davies B13 The Crucible is a play written in 1953 by Arthur Miller. Arthur Miller is a talented author who was born to a Jewish family in New York in 1915. His grandparents had to move to America from Poland. When...

  17. The Crucible Character Analysis - Danforth

    In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, Deputy Governor Danforth seems to be a cold, uncaring person. He does everything by the book, and therefore seems to be almost unhuman in his decision making. But could there be another side to Danforth that was hidden by his firm belief in the law? Or was Danforth more...

  18. Character Analysis: The Crucible

    Elizabeth Proctor In the late 1600s, the fear of witchcraft was a major concern amongst New Englanders. The play, The Crucible, tells the story of a town’s obsession with accusing innocent people of witchcraft. All the accusers were young females who claimed they were attacked by demons. Members of...

  19. The Crucible Rhetoric

    to be following others instead of clearing a new path and leading the way by themselves. Such an example is heavily mentioned in the story of The Crucible. Judge Danforth exemplifies the concept of “the blind leading the blind” as he himself is unable to think independently of the truth of the witchcraft...

  20. Final Draft

    Final Draft Starting off, the first pair of characters are Jane Doe from the article and John Proctor from The Crucible. The relation of these two is that both characters are being accused and punished for personal opinion. For instance, from the article “Town backs ex-principal in gay student case...

  21. The Crucible Summary (Act 1)

    the forest. Panic spreads through the village as people believe that witchcraft is afoot. Reverend Parris sends for the Reverend John Hale, an authority on witchcraft, to investigate what is going on. Reverend Parris questions the manipulative Abigail Williams, who is the unofficial leader of the group...

  22. Drama Developement Phase Drama

    practically an extract from the play The Crucible and then to perform it. The section that I was allocated was in the opening Act where the Reverend Parris and Reverend Hale are trying to get out of Abigail what she was doing in the forest with the girls. My role was Mr. Hale who has been called in to help find...

  23. hihj

    You might focus on Hale as a man of education. Part of the reason he starts to question what is happening is that Rebecca Nurse is accused. He respects Nurse as another educated person and places her above the other townspeople. He is able to believe that they might have committed witchcraft...

  24. the crucible

    24 November 2014 The Crucible Rhetorical Analysis In the play The Crucible (1953), Arthur Miller exhibits how McCarthyism compares to the hysteria of the Salem witch trials. Miller tells the story through the eyes of Puritan civilians during the witch trails. The Crucible was written portray the...

  25. Crucible

    Fear in The Crucible The Crucible is an intense play written by Arthur Miller in 1953, set during the time of the Salem Witch Trials. The Crucible not only tells the story of the witch trials, and the events surrounding them, but also contains hidden meanings that ridicule the absurdity of McCarthyism...

  26. The crucible

    The witch trials are central to the action of The Crucible, and dramatic accusations and confessions fill the play even beyond the confines of the courtroom. In the first act, even before the hysteria begins, we see Parris accuse Abigail of dishonoring him, and he then makes a series of accusations against...

  27. Isolation In Society

    Arthur Miller’s The Crucible exposes conflicts between the characters and the Christian society of Salem, Massachusetts 1692. The concept of social pressure and rules are used to establish the play. If the common man in Salem is to work proficiently in his surroundings, he must participate in all social...

  28. The Idea of Suspense

    The Idea of Suspense Suspense in the book The Crucible by Arthur Miller is used to create emotion drawn out by the audience. It brings out the best in the audience by not showing them the full part of the story so they use their imagination. Suspense is used widely and throughout the play. Through...

  29. Crucible/ Once Were Warriors Essay

    Discuss how your prescribed text- (Arthur Millers play, The Crucible ) and ONE related text explores the challenges of belonging and not belonging. Belonging is closely related to what someone believes in, that belief being a person, a place, a quality, anything. Belonging’s concept enables the facilitation...

  30. The Crucible Essay

    Wu 1 Tiffany Wu Mr. Kirkendall English 306 1 September 2014 The Crucible Essay In the Crucible, Arthur Miller brings us back to Salem in the end of the seventeenth century. At that time, the whole American society was in the fear of “Red Scare” bringing by the communists, which influenced people...

  31. Hypocrisy in "The Crucible"

    Maggie Johnson February 11, 2013 American Lit X Period 2 Hypocrisy in “The Crucible” and Todays Society In the play “The Crucible”, by Arthur Miller, the theme of hypocrisy seems to correspond with today’s society. Miller writes a fictional story that revolves around...

  32. Book Review: the Crucible by Arthur Miller

    In The Crucible by Arthur Miller, both pride and excessive pride influence the characters throughout the play. Excessive pride is being overly confident of one's own self worth. Throughout, pride influences the actions, reactions, and emotions of the characters in such ways to establish the outcome of...

  33. the crusible

     The Crucible Film by Nicholas Hytner, 1996 Alex Aviles 01/11/16 AML 1000 Who'd have thought that dancing in the woods could cause so much chaos in a small town? All because of anger, jealousy & a fatal attraction. This is precisely what happens in the...

  34. Themes of Piety and Virtue in the Crucible

    In The Crucible, the themes of piety and virtue are recurring. Most of the time, the two are being used to take advantage of a situation. In the cases of Abigail Williams and the girls who back up her ideas of witchcraft in Salem, this is extremely true. In a town based around religion, the courts, churches...

  35. Abigail Williams

      Abigail Williams In Arthur Miller's The Crucible, one of the main characters Abigail Williams is a big part of what caused the Salem witch trials in Salem Massachusetts in 1692. Abigail is a very mean, vindictive and controlling girl, who always tries to get her way no matter who might be hurt by...

  36. Arthur Miller's the Crucible Fire

    Per. 2 12 December 2008 Miller’s Fire of The Crucible In many well-written literary works, authors relay their messages to their audience through rhetoric strategies, and some of the best rhetoric can be found in Arthur Miller’s 1952 play, The Crucible. Miller uses imagery of fire to convey many different...

  37. The Crucible vs Apartheid in Sa

    The Crucible - Comparative Study The similarities between Salem, Massachusetts in the spring of 1692 and the apartheid era in South Africa are endless. The characters of the play and the people of South Africa make certain decisions which may or may not ultimately defy their lives. They are forced to...

  38. The Crucible

    Arthur Miller links his play The Crucible to the events occurring during his lifetime, especially those during the 1950s. He tells the story of a single community during the time of the Salem Witch Trials in Salem, Massachusetts. Miller uses his play to link two completely different events together that...

  39. The Crucible the Role of John Proctor

    Name Professor Class Date John Proctor’s Role in The Crucible John Proctor's role in Arthur Miller's controversial drama, The Crucible is as a tragic hero. His fatal flaw is lust, although a few of the other deadly sins also come into play. At the end he saves his soul, if not his life by humbly...

  40. American Histroy in Arthur Miller's "The Crucible"

    American Histroy in Arthur Miller's "The Crucible" Uploaded by nihat8369 on Jul 18, 2006 American Histroy in Arthur Miller's "The Crucible" Arthur Miller's play, The Crucible, is based upon actual events in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. The Crucible highlights the tendency in America to witch-hunt...

  41. John Proctor

    Sarah Koeune Mrs. Wodzien 5 Crucible Paper November 3, 2008 A Saint in All Eyes As Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the activist and prominent leader in the American civil rights movement, said, “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where...

  42. The Crucible Writing Assignment

    Minh Nguyen The Crucible Writing Assignment October 3rd 2010 Block 3 Barry Longs once said “We can rarely see things from the point of view of another person because we look at the facts through the screen of an impression or an interest which distorts our view; and...

  43. Hypocrisy in The Crucible

    Hypocrisy: A Human Flaw In the play The Crucible, Arthur Miller repeatedly portrays that duplicity and deceit are a natural part of human lives. Miller accomplishes this through almost, if not every character in the story. Revered Parris claims to be a godly minister, yet he is always clamoring for...

  44. Compare Crucible

    mentioned. This scene was added to show that Abigail would go to any lengths to get those in her way out of the picture. She is trying to discredit Rev. Hale, since he at this time opposes her, and believes she is a fraud. It also shows how desperate Abigail is, and that she will accuse anyone, even one she...

  45. Drama Response Phase the Crucible

    Response Phase For this topic we are doing all about witchcraft and accusations. The play that we performed was the crucible which is about a community of people who's religion was McCarthyism, a very strict form of Christianity in which it is a taboo to dance or sing or pretty much have fun at...

  46. Sin in Salem

    As in all things, it is doubtless that there is more than one person who this sin belongs to. This is evident in the book about these trials, The Crucible, by Arthur Miller. Everyone had some small part of this particular sin. Even God himself could be blamed. But the largest part is borne by one man...

  47. The Crucible S/A

    Discuss the role that Grudges and personal rivalries play in the witch trial hysteria. George Downes 10A1 The trials in The Crucible take place in a very religious and superstitious society, and most of the characters in the play seem to believe that rooting out witches from their community is God’s...

  48. The Crucible

    “The Crucible” was a play written by Arthur Miller in the 1950’s. This story consists of the Salem witch trials in 1692 and the events leading up to these trials. One of the main characters is John Proctor; he is looked at as a tragic hero in this book and could arguably be related to the Jesus of...

  49. The Crucible

    willing to sever their ties with friends and family, and the memories they grew up with just so that they can be successful in life. In the play The Crucible, Arthur Miller tells the tale of the Puritan town of Salem, Massachusetts. The story begins when a group of girls are found in the woods dancing...

  50. Salem Witch Trials

    Two : Reverend Samuel Parris: Reverend was invited by the congregation of Salem to be the Minister; even though not everyone supported him he was chosen. The Reverend always argued about him salary and accommodations, he lacked charisma and wit and he was very greedy. When the Reverend was defending...

  51. The Crusible

    support what they believe. In the book The Crucible as well as real life, people display hypocrisy. John Hale, Abigail Williams, and Mary Warren all display hypocrisy in the book The Crucible. Police officers display hypocrisy in everyday life today. John Hale is a specialist in witchcraft. The people...

  52. Hoobit

    CRUCIBLE ACT IV QUESTIONS 1. What does Samuel Parris report about Abigail Williams and Mercy Lewis? Why is Parris afraid for his personal safety? What is Danforth’s reaction? 2. Why is Danforth especially nervous about rumors concerning events in Andover? What are his reasons for receiving...

  53. “ Fear Is the Consequence of Every Lie”

    sometimes consumes them or act irrational. This is evident in the Crucible by Arthur Miller and Macbeth by William Shakespeare. In the Crucible we can see this through the Antagonist Abigail Williams. Abigail Williams Niece of Reverend Parris of 16th century Puritan Salem, Massachusetts is a vindictive...

  54. Witchyhunt in Salem

    of the main characters in the play is Reverend Hale, a knowledgeable man, who has been called to Salem because of his knowledge witches. At the trials he is there to illicit confessions and to make people testify in the court. In the beginning of the play, Hale is on the side of Abigail. He believes...

  55. How Does Miller Present the Character of Abigail Williams in Act One

    Miller present the character of Abigail Williams in Act One of “The Crucible”? For this assignment I am going to give evidence and explanations for how Arthur Miller has presented the character Abigail Williams in “The Crucible”. The play is an allegory, this is because it contains a hidden meaning...

  56. gguut

    In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, the main theme is intolerance. The main characters are John Proctor, Abigail, and Reverend Parris. Reverend Parris finds his daughter, Betty, and his niece, Abigail, dancing, naked in the woods, seemingly committing witchcraft. Witchcraft is outside the religion and unacceptable...

  57. The Concept of Belonging Arthur Miller

    Arthur Miller carefully weaves together the concept of belonging in his play The Crucible, whilst addressing the complex notions of understanding, acceptance, identity and relationships. Additionally, the song Numb by Linkin Park and the movie Mulan directed by Tony Bancroft all convey a similar message...

  58. John and Abgail

    THE CRUCIBLE John Proctor was a local farmer who lives just outside town. Elizabeth Proctor is his wife. A stern, harsh tongued man, John hates hypocrisy. Nevertheless, he has a hidden sin and that is his affair with Abigail Williams that proves his downfall. When the hysteria begins, he hesitates...

  59. Belonging Quotes

    the church will burn like hell is burning” – Reverend Parris A sense of belonging is conforming and sharing the same beliefs, even if you are in individual. * “She is a mouse no more” – Proctor about Mary Warren * “Theology is a fortress” – Hale * “Leave me my name” – Proctor * “A...

  60. Tragic Hero

    eventually leads to his demise. Both Arthur Dimmesdale, from Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, and John Proctor, from Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, could be described as the perfect tragic hero by this definition. A tragic hero always has supreme noble authority or control. Both Proctor...