Characters of the Crucible: Reverend Hale (part 2)

This video is the second in a series of analysis of the Reverend John Hale.

Previously we looked at how Hale was when he first came to Salem. This video explores how he has changed.

Click below for part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sdzlp-IMECk&feature=channel_page

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[JxL483]

Thank heavens somebody agrees what he goes to is almost as bad as Proctors crisis.

Hale must carry some of the guilt of the deaths in the town on his shoulders aswell as losing confidence in himself. And the worst thing- and what I found most upsetting- is that everything he had believed in...everything he excelled in...everything people respected him for, he felt had been proved wrong. Not only wrong, but it had damaged and killed,His entire past beliefs and his foundation were taken from him

[DeeperRootsProject]

Yet he still had the courage to follow his convictions. I think this makes him quite an unsung hero in this production. I love his character for being honest but not entirely abandoning his faith despite the madness he saw and was even a part of.

[JxL483]

@DeeperRootsProject

Ah I never even thought of that :D although now you point it out I agree he did stick to his faith and try to ensure the town remained good people and still tried to redeem the good in the town- still believing in his faith despite the circumstance. Sometimes I find it hard to believe these people actually existed :L

[DeeperRootsProject]

@JxL483 They certainly did exist and were, in the large part, amazing people. I myself go to a church which stands in the Puritan traditional. Although it can't be called Puritan it is far more evangelical but it certainly retains many of the beliefs and practices of the Puritan tradition. I appreciate all that they were despite their many failings and their obviously flawed attempts to force people to conform to a work that only the Holy Spirit can do. :)

[unowhothisbe]

Hale is so SEXY-look at them lips(juice) and blue gorgeous eyes.

[4543563]

Thanks alot. We're studying this in my English Class. But you take it to next level.- Thanks

[SightandSound33]

moonlight sonata beethoven?

[wormywils]

I am Playing Hale for our school play and these videos helped allot. Any advice on playing Hale?

[CheerwineRat]

RULE 34 ON REV HALE

[Tr0llz0rz]

I find Hale to be much more brave than John Proctor. Even though it seems like Proctor is more morally obligated in plain sight, much of his actions are visceral and out of anger. Proctor's main flaw was his temper and he pretty much took it with him to the noose. Hale's main flaw was his arrogance and he made a complete transformation and ended up doing what was right. He turned his back on everything that he had once stood for because he felt morally obligated to save those peoples lives.

[ealeu100]

@Michelle1517love I agree with you-it seems like almost no one in this story knows how to use common sense. A general rule is that if something doesn't sound plausible, it usually isn't true.

[Michelle1517love]

I don't like the fact that every one believes the girls.

[MrSkivy101]

it was really made to be acted out, not read. Its not the same.

[ulyssesyoshigb]

haha the whore is all sad

[fishamaphone]

@JxL483 Hale's own tools are used against him. Everything Abigail says and does to torture Mary in act 3 comes straight from what Hale told her, and everyone else, were signs of witchcraft during act 1. And so how can he argue against, when these were the standards he himself used? He is seeing a man for whom he has great respect being skewered through the gut, and realizing that the sword being used is one that he himself offered up willingly to the enemy.