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The Big Change in Salem

What is change? Change may be defined as a shift in someone’s perspective on a certain topic that causes their viewpoint and actions to differ. One example of change can be seen in the Disney movie, Moana. In the beginning of the movie, Moana’s father, Chief Tui, is so opposed to the thought of Moana going “beyond the reef” and into the ocean due to an incident where he lost his childhood best friend. He used to love the ocean and went beyond the reef everyday until he lost his friend. However, once Moana did this without his permission and saved their island of Motunui, he changed his perspective and their tribe became voyagers again. Chief Tui realized that the ocean that he thought to be an evil, terrifying place

Giles Corey, Francis Nurse, and John Proctor begin begging and pleading to Hale and swearing that their wives are innocent. He is the witch expert and their wives have been accused of witchcraft, so they believe that he can help them save their wives’ lives. In defense of himself and the courts, Hale says, “Believe me Mr. Nurse, if Rebecca Nurse be tainted, then nothing’s left to stop the whole green world from burning. Let you rest upon the justice of the court; the court will send her home, I know it” (71). This shows that Hale truly believes in the courts and thinks that they are just all the time. He’s saying that if their wives are truly innocent, the courts will know that and let them go: Everything will work out when the court does its job correctly. He is so sure of this, but Martha Corey and Rebecca Nurse end up being hanged anyways because the courts couldn’t see that they were truly innocent. Towards the end of the play, Hale knows that all these people are innocent and none of them are witches. He tries to explain to Judge Danforth, but Danforth is not able to see through Abigail Williams’s childish acting and he believes that there is too much evidence to deny witchcraft in Salem or anywhere for that matter. Hale is shown as a dynamic character when he separates himself from the court by saying, “I denounce these proceedings, I quit this court!” (120). Hale begins to doubt the court and its decisions as they cannot see the obvious lies that Abigail Williams and the other children are telling. His perspectives on the courts change he and starts to side with Proctor more than he ever had before. This affects the trials because they go from being totally supported to having a complete lack of support from a number of people, including Hale.