The Crucible
Reverend hale
Reverend Hale is a witch hunter who diagnoses whether witchcraft is present, and provides an appropriate cure by removing the infected inhabitants from the village. He is first brought in to the Salem through Parris's urgent call for help, and diagnoses Betty. Hale is described as a men who devotes himself to his faiths, and works. Thus, he is also very vulnerable. Due to his characteristics, he is the character who goes through a major personal journey over the play. When he arrives to Salem, he starts off with full of faiths and helping intentions, but as he doubts the court's decisions, the validity of his faiths shelters his confidence. Once he realizes that the girls have manipulated his beliefs, and that he sent many innocent people to their deaths, he quits the court due to the heavy burden of the knowledge.