Reverend Hale

Reverend Hale is a minister from Beverly, a neighboring town to Salem. When he arrives in Salem he is there to see if Betty and the other girls are affected by witchcraft. Parris asks Hale why the devil would strike his house. "What victory would the Devil have to win a soul already bad? It is the best the Devil wants, and who better than the Minister?" When he says this he is already sure that Betty has been affected by the so called "witches" he is just looking for proof of it.

As the story continues Hale realizes that all the girls are all faking it and are convicting innocent people. At the end of act three Hale yells out "I denounce these proceedings, I quite this court!" As this act comes to a close you see that Hale has gone and done a complete hundred and eighty degree turn and changed for the better.