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The Dynamic Character Of Reverend Hale In The Crucible By Arthur Miller

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In The Crucible Reverend John Hale is a very dynamic character. To understand why Reverend Hale is a dynamic character, we need to look back to act one, when Hale was new to Salem. During this point, Hale has complete faith and trust in the court system. Reverend Hale said to John Proctor, “I thought, … to put some questions at to the Christian character of this house ... if you’ll permit me” (Miller 61). Therefore Hale believes in the court so much that he helps the court find witches in Salem. Later Hale starts to have doubts in the court, and what they are doing. Hale is regretting what he did in the court trials, because “This morning [I] signed away the soul of Rebecca Nurse, … I’ll not conceal … [that] my hand [still] shakes … as with

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