The Crucible Hale Character Analysis Essay

“I cannot sleep for dreamin'; I cannot dream but I wake and walk about the house as though I'd find you comin' through some door.” (Miller Page 23) This is a deep and meaningful quote that Abigail said to John Proctor, but Abigail is only saying this to try and get Proctor to resume Abigails and Proctors secret love affair. From the beginning of the play to the last page there was many changes in people’s views of the witch trails. There is one who sticks out, Hale. He is quite noticeable in his changes. In the very beginning, Hale was all for the witch hunt. He convinced everyone that he was able to tell who was a witch. He only had good intentions of this though. Hale wanted goodness and light and strong preservation. Hale says, “You have sent your spirit out …show more content…
Hale is still towards the hunt, yet he starts to draw back from it. Hale begins to see the harm he is doing. Hale shows up at Proctor door alone late one night hinting that he is second guessing what conclusions he had made. The moment that Abigail is noticed for her transparent machination’s Hale looses it. Hale leaves the court storming out in anger. Finally in the end Hale is trying to save all the witches on trial. He is able to get some of the convicted witches to confess so they aren’t killed. He wants them to lie. Hale is completely against all the law and is quite hesitant over the faith of God. When he does his final task of trying to save some lives he fails. Hale begins to plead, “What profit to bleed? Shall the dust praise ? Shall the worms declare his truth?” (Miller Page 91) Hale has done much wrong and he knows it. As you can see Hale has a new perspective on the witch trials from the beginning till the end. He was so confident of what he was doing to whom he assumed where witches, helpers of the devil at the beginning. Yet he has the dramatic break down in court and is pleading to help the innocent that are on