American Literature
             Reverend John Hale although at first is a rough man on the people of Salem, turns out to be a man of morals, and also becomes one of the few people who use's common sense threw out the witch trials. Reverend John Hale is first introduced into the play "The Crucible", as a rough man, known for his talent to seek out witches. All during act one, Reverend Hale examines the girls, and questions their story. During the whole story there are three specific times when Reverend Hale rises up in the town and displays skepticism and common sense.
             The first major time in-which Reverend Hale uses common sense instead of believing the fiction of what everyone is claiming occurs when Reverend Hale is discussing John Proctors case to Judge Danforth. Reverend Hale starts the conversation out by saying:
             "Hale: We cannot blink it more. There is prodigious fear of this court in the country. Danforth: Then there is a prodigious guilt in the country; Are you afraid to be questioned here? Hale: I may only fear the Lord, sir, but there is fear in the country nevertheless. Danforth: Reproach me not with the fear in the country; there is fear in the country because there is a moving plot to topple Christ in the country! Hale: But it does not follow that everyone accused is part of it."
             In that conversation between Reverend Hale and Judge Danforth, Reverend Hale is making a valid point, noting that everyone in the town of Salem is in fear of the court. He also states that even though many are accused for witch craft, it doesn't mean that, "Everyone accused is part of it". That is not the only common sense that Reverend Hale uses during that conversation. The conversation continues with Giles Corey, the husband of an accused witch, being held under arrest for contempt of the court. Later, on Reverend Hale argues with the importance of a lawyer, and tha
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