ith his aggressive
             technique to propel Tituba to confess to association with the devil, which in truth had
             At the time in Act Two that Hale enters there is a presence of guilt about him,
             which foretells what his mission in the Proctor’s house is, to question Elizabeth on the
             suspicion of practicing witchcraft on Abigail Williams. So, to begin to further his case in
             witchcraft he confronts Mr. Proctor about his lack of attendance to church and about one
             of his children not being baptized. Proctor answers both of these question with his
             disapproval of greed Rev. Parris. Hale even demands to hear the Lord’s ten
             commandments form both Mr. and Mrs. Proctor. Hale scrutinizes and probes the
             Proctors the entire visit for any form of evidence that he could associate with the traits of
             a witch. That all changes though, something is told to Hale that blows his mind,
             something he doesn’t scarcely believe at first, that Abigail Willaims told, to Proctor’s face,
             that there was no such act of witchcraft in Salem, whatsoever. Proctor defends his
             statement by questioning Hale many times over which in response Hale exclaims that
             Proctor’s notion was nonsense since Hale himself conducted the examinations with the
             accused, “There are them that will swear to anything before they’ll hang; have you ever
             though of that?” (69). Then this quote follows, “Hale: I-I have indeed. It is his own
             suspicion, but he resists it.” (69). This remark and even more so this hesitation by Hale
             reveals that at this point Hale has already started to question his own actions, but is not
             yet at the point of knowing if this “witchcraft” is actually just a lofty act by the
             self-proclaimed tortured children. After this insertion Hale begins to ask both Mrs. and
             Mr. Proctor if they believe in the existence of witches. Why? Because Hale wants to
             make sure ...