Revolution of Reverend Hale By: J. Ji Imagine your mistake kills tens of innocent lives, but it's too late to alter the tragedy. This is the suffering Reverend John Hale reminisces through. In Arthur Miller's 1952 satirical play, The Crucible, this Puritan community is filled with paranoia and hysteria regarding witchcraft and the fear of correspondence with the devil. Because of this, many people were accused of witchcraft and hanged. Hale arrives in Salem as a …showed first 75 words of 883 total…

…showed last 75 words of 883 total…at Salem, his perception toward justice and the idea of witchcraft change significantly. His belief toward justice and law is deeply disheartened and scarred by the ruling of the court. Reverend Hale witnesses the death of innocent people that he condemned. In a way, all is lost, justice, moral, and even the connection God. The Crucible highlights how hysteria and human treachery can be an ultimate tool of destruction, even in a purified Puritan society.