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Parris discovers that Betty is sick. When people start to blame witchcraft, he calls upon Hale to come rule out the possibility of witchcraft. Hale arrives when Rev. Parris sends for him after Betty Parris falls ill with a mysterious illness.
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Mr. Putnam and Parris get into a large argument over whether witchraft ia to blame here. They agree that Hale needs to come so that he can prove that there is no witchcraft in Salem.
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Reverend Hale arrives in Salem, Rebeccas Nurse thinks that he should just be sent back from where he came from.
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Parris asks Hale to take a look at Betty to see if she has been taken by the devil.
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Hale cautions the people to be careful before assuming something is witchcraft. He tries a few tricks to see if there are evil spirits that might be afflicting Betty. This is when Abigail confesses that Tituba made her drink potions.
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He calls Tituba and compels her to confess and provide names of other villagers that she saw with the Devil.
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Hale goes to the following women that were mentioned in court: Elizabeth Proctor, Martha Corey, and Rebecca Nurse. He thinks that they are most likely inoocent of being witches.
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Hale suspects something is wrong with the trials but is unwilling to condemn them, believing that innocent people have nothing to fear.
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At the beginning of act 3, Hale gets Giles into the court to speak about his deposition for the trials being false.
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Hale starts to get suspicious and her thinks that not all of the people accused are part of the trials.
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Hale shows up at the same time that Giles Corey, Francis Nurse, and John Proctor come with evidence to defend their wives. He urges Danforth to listen to them and points out that there is “prodigious fear” in the country of the courts.
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Hale believes that Proctor and Mary Warren are telling the truth and not Abigail.
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Hale loses control of the trials to Danforth and the theocracy.
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Hale loses the respect of his audience.
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Hale quit the proceedings at the end of act 3 because he couldn't take it anymore.
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He tries to explain how he has blood on his head, and Danforth does not believe him about it. He is being sarcastic about this statement.
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He tries to explain to Elizabeth that it is his fault that John if going to be hung. He says that the only way he will live is if he confesses.
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Hale prays with the people that are about to be hung when he goes to Andover.
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Hale comes back from praying at Andover and returns to Salem.
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After a few months away and searching his soul, Hale returns to encourage those sentenced to death to confess. He doesn’t believe that they are guilty, but he wants to save their lives. He has come to realize that the triels were false and should be stopped, and he feels that their blood is on his hands.
