REVEREND HALE


	Personality	Role
	"eager eyed intellectual" "he felt the pride of a specialist" - Proud of his work & eager to show it. seen as good and respectable "I heard you be a sensible man" "With a tasty love of intellectual pursuit" - eager to show knowledge, takes any chance to.	Brought to Salem by Parris as an expert on witchcraft - has had previous dealings.
	Development (Growth & change)	Other information
	At beginning, eager to show his knowledge. Threatening authority figure- seeks to punish. Middle of the play, goes to Proctor's house (offering help) : He is changed and reformed, seeing the truth. Starts feeling guilty about his choices/ acts "Hale has a guilt about his mannerisms now" "I denounce these proceedings, I quit this court" : sees the truth, realises Abigail and the others are lying. Visits the condemned in prison, praying with them. An attempt to make sure they go to heaven.	Sees hysteria and greed for revenge/ jealousy to be distorting the truth. Only wants to save lives at the end, persuading them to make false confessions to do so. Originally wants to prove himself and knowledge is gained from books. Understands and realises the truth far too late. Miller uses him as a powerful character, a man of reason- has the capacity to change.

"eager eyed intellectual"
"he felt the pride of a specialist" - Proud of his work & eager to show it.
seen as good and respectable "I heard you be a sensible man"
"With a tasty love of intellectual pursuit" - eager to show knowledge, takes any chance to.

Brought to Salem by Parris as an expert on witchcraft - has had previous dealings.

At beginning, eager to show his knowledge. Threatening authority figure- seeks to punish.
Middle of the play, goes to Proctor's house (offering help) : He is changed and reformed, seeing the truth.
Starts feeling guilty about his choices/ acts "Hale has a guilt about his mannerisms now"
"I denounce these proceedings, I quit this court" : sees the truth, realises Abigail and the others are lying.
Visits the condemned in prison, praying with them. An attempt to make sure they go to heaven.

Sees hysteria and greed for revenge/ jealousy to be distorting the truth.
Only wants to save lives at the end, persuading them to make false confessions to do so.
Originally wants to prove himself and knowledge is gained from books. Understands and realises the truth far too late. Miller uses him as a powerful character, a man of reason- has the capacity to change.

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