With social media and the internet providing so much information to the world, it’s hard to determined when that information is true or not. Many of us just blindly believe what others think and say without ever trying to come up with our own conclusion. Obviously social media and the internet didn’t start it. This concept of just following someone else’s ideas like blind sheep has been around for as long as time. Even with that, people eventually open their eyes to the madness and create and judge on their free will. Reverend Hale is a prime example of this. Prepared to find out if there were really witchcraft afoot, Reverend Hale eventually becomes a man trying to seek the truth and justice.
Reverend Hale at first did believe that there was something wrong in Salem. He says, “I cannot tell. If she truly is in the Devil’s grip we may have to rip and tear to get her free” (Miller 1150). He says this because he doesn’t want to jump to conclusions on whether or not Betty is really bewitched. Then later on, Hale says to Tituba “Are you gathering souls for the Devil?” (Miller 1154). He …show more content…
He says says to Judge Danforth that Proctor and his wife can’t be judged solely on the fact that they sometimes doesn’t go to church (Miller 1192). Hales points this out to Judge Danforth because he realizes that that shouldn’t be used as a piece of evidence towards them. In addition, the reverend said “If Rebecca Nurse be tainted, then nothing’s left to stop the green world from burning” (Miller 1175). He said this as to say that if Rebecca Nurse has been accused, then everyone else can be too. Moreover, he goes on to say that “...it does not follow that everyone accused is a part of it” (Miller 1196). Hale is saying this because he now believes that not everyone that is accused is actually a witch. In the end, he finally admits that “It is a lie! They are all innocent” (Miller