Reverend Hale's Revelation!

Hale has  changed in the first three acts, but he has changed drastically from the first act to the fourth. In the beginning of the play, he was an all business kind of guy. He knew he had been called there to convict people of witchcraft, and that is what he intended to do. However throughout the story he has gradually changed. In the second and third act, he started to have more compassion for the towns people. His way  of thinking has changed; he started to understand what it would be like to be in their situation. After trying to defend some of the accused and getting nowhere, he just leaves.

When everyone thought he was gone for good, he came back. He had changed even more while he was gone. When he is in the jail talking to Danforth, he says, "If you think God wills you to raise rebellion, Mr. Danforth you are mistaken."(130 Miller) If this would have been the old Hale talking, he would not have argued with Danforth. His mindset has changed to that of a caring reverend that wants to give everyone another chance instead of thinking that the people have already wasted their only chance of redemption. I think he changed mostly from seeing all that the families had to go through when losing someone. When he came back, he had had a lot of time to think about the families and their situations. I think he just came to the realization that he could be of some help to these people and save fathers', mothers', sons', and daughters' lives. The  hysteria had been calming down a bit but with Reverend Hale there in the jail to help the accused be set free, the towns people had calmed down; bringing Salem almost back to normal.



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