Through the evolution of Revered John Hale, Arthur Miller’s The Crucible shows that people must use real support and evidence and not an unfair and biased opinion based blindly on religion or faith. During Act III, Mary Warren denounces that Proctor is working with the devil and is forcing her to come to the court. Upon hearing this Judge Hathorn calls for the arrest of John Proctor, based entirely off of his religious belief in witches, and not by any other evidence. Responding to Hathorn’s orders, Reverend Hale exclaims: “I denounce these proceedings, I quit this court.” Reverend Hale now realizes that the court is unfair and doubts its holiness. This leads to Hale completely losing faith in the court, since he knows that John Proctor is a respectful and innocent person. He also loses faith because he understands that the court is blindly acquitting people to death, instead of investigating, because of their religious belief. However Reverend Hale, instead of accepting that they are witches only on a religious belief like Hathorn, he actively tries to prove their innocence. He also attempts to prove that the court is corrupt, …show more content…
Hale admits that he knows that religion isn’t the way to help come to a conclusion about a trial by saying, “I came into this village like a bridegroom to his beloved, bearing gifts of high religion... and what I touched with my bright confidence, it died.” Hale also admits to Goody Proctor that he was wrong when he condemned people to death by only his religious beliefs by saying, “where I turned the eye of my great faith, blood flowed up. Beware, Goody Proctor – cleave to no faith when faith brings blood.” Hale’s confessions signify that he now fully understands that it’s unfair and biased for condemning people to death by a religious viewpoint or belief, and not on real