Hale in The Crucible

Imagine that you are an actor and have been asked to take on the role of

Hale in The Crucible. Discuss how you would like to portray your character

on the stage.

Imagine that you are an actor and have been asked to take on the role

of 'Hale' in 'The Crucible'. Discuss how you would like to portray

your character on the stage. Choose two scenes to focus on, which you

believe are important in showing you characters personality.

I have been asked to play the part of 'Reverend John Hale' in a stage

production of 'The Crucible'. 'The crucible is a play based on the

Salem witch trials, which took place in the sixteenth century, and is

centred around the them of naming names and passing the blame. Arthur

Miller wrote 'The Crucible', and I believe his purpose writing this

play was to show the consequence of naming names and taking revenge as

well as showing how different those times were.

My character, Reverend John Hale of Beverly is said to be.

" nearing forty, a tight-skinned, eager-eyed intellectual."

He thinks himself to be quite the specialist on witchcraft and things

of the supernatural, because of the education he has received, he was

glad that he was " the specialist " that had been called to Salem to

sort out their problem of suspected witchcraft. He feels this is his

chance to prove himself. When he comes to Salem everyone seems to take

to him quickly, he is very nice and charming to everyone.

To Rebecca Nurse

"Hale: you cannot be Rebecca Nurse? ,but I suppose you look as such a

good soul should. We have all heard of your great charities in

Beverly."

To Thomas Putnam.

"Hale: Putnam! I had not expected such distinguished company, sir."

By doing this he is gaining respect from the townspeople of Salem. He

soon has Parris 'sucking-up' to him as well as having Parris respect.

I feel that when he first came to Salem, in the play, that he is

arrogant as if he can take care of everything. I think that he may

believe too strongly in what he has been taught, but in the period the

play is set, the characters would see the Devil, witchcraft and the

supernatural as a respectable view of cosmology. Something they

believe in because there had to be opposites, God to the Devil or good

to evil.

When he arrives he seems to throw himself into things, before he

really thinks about things, like it may be a hoax. Also before Hale

came to Salem, none of the girls who had been caught dancing in the