The Crucible Reverend Hale Hero Quotes
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The devil is loose in Salem! Do not fear, for Reverend Jonathan Hale is here to free us from his grasp! Not really, but in The Crucible, Reverend Hale, is seen as a hero, but is he? Arthur Miller does a fantastic job in describing Hale’s role in the story. Since he is motivated to expel all evil from the land, his decision to assist in sending innocent lives to their early graves creates guilt for him by the end of the play. Reverend Hale behaves like he is a vanquisher of all things evil because he is prompt to rid Salem of the Devil’s grasp. “Have no fear now—we shall find him out if he has come among us and I mean to crush him utterly if he had shown his face!”(Miller 796-798). This quote shows his commitment to saving the society from