Perseverend Hale Symbol In The Crucible

This symbol is first introduced in the novel where the man and his son are resting in a parked car with whatever they can find to give them warmth. After they settle in, the

Thesis Statement: When Reverend Hale first arrives in Salem, he makes accusations towards the wrong people. He later realizes the truth and unsuccessfully tries to make things right.

The first symbol is, the clearing in the forest, where Simon resided most of the time. Simon’s clearing in the forest is a parallel to The Garden of Eden in the Christian Bible. The clearing was a clean place originally until evil overtakes it. The evil that overtakes it would be the boys and the beast. This is like The Garden of Eden,

     John Hale represents the voice or authority and reasoning. He appears to be strong and assured himself that there was a whole world of witches around him at any given time. He believes in the churches power to be the ultimate law in the situation at hand. This is his source of pride. He sees himself as the person come to save the lives in the New World. As the case progresses though he starts to doubt himself and realizes that he had caused many deaths. His pride is swiftly destroyed and he asks

Reverend Hale is motivated to question everyone around town about witchcraft because he is an expert at it. In Act II Hale tells Proctor; “It’s said you hold no belief that there may even be witches in the world” (Miller 857). This quote shows how he is trying to get to the bottom of the problem. Reverend Hale thinks he is a spiritual doctor. He thought he was supposed to provide a

To begin, a better understanding of the time period in which these paintings were created (ca. 1788-1790) is needed to fully analyze all the symbols each has to offer. During this time in American history, religion continued to be an important part of society. Of course, during the mid 1700’s the Great Awakening

The next symbol is the herb of healing. This is a gift and also a curse that Death bestows upon his godson. Death is willing to help him become a famous, wealthy doctor. Death who is fair, keeps the promise he made his godson’s father long ago, but the herb is used as Death sees it to be used, not the godson. This is spun into action when Death says” When I am standing at their feet they are mine, but if I am standing at their head they are to be healed” (Grimm 12). In Essence I see Death using his godson to help him invoke the ill. This outlines the power struggle that some father -son relationships go through. The father, always wanting what they think is best for the

Hale is “a tight-skinned, eager-eyed intellectual” (Act 1) whose radiating pride in his profession is apparent when he claims his books “are weighted with authority” (Act 1) upon arriving in Salem. His pride allows him to gain social status and influence in society. Hytner reveals this influence in an additional scene where Hale is interrogating the girls through an over the shoulder shot which conveys Hale’s power. His booming voice is laced with authority and his face contorts with irritation as he bellows, “Was there?” (Act 1). In the following scene, backlighting is utilized to create a halo effect around Hale’s figure symbolizing his good intentions whilst also contrasting with his corrupt actions. Although Hale holds power at the beginning of the play, it disintegrates after he becomes aware of the truth. He attempts to heal his tarnished soul by rescuing others yet finds he cannot help, rendering him a broken man. The development of Hale’s character parallels that of Salem society symbolizing how Salem crumbled after so many deaths due to the misuse of

One of the more prominent ones is the symbol of the pine needles on the forest floor. This is found in the first and last sentences of the book with Jordan laying in the forest and at the very end of the book when Jordan awaits death. "He lay flat on the brown, pine-needled floor of the forest, his chin on his folded arms, and high overhead the wind blew in the tops of the pine trees. . . . He could feel his heart beating against the pine-needle floor of the forest" (1-471). The symbol of the pine needles tie the beginning and the end of the book together. They also symbolize the circularity of life and death which is shown through the book

Hale is a fascinated person that is very interested in supernatural things. He is excited and full of curiosity. The village of Salem all view him as odd and doesn’t have a good reputation, since he is more interested in witchcraftery and other spiritualities, instead of being a good Puritan who is only interested in the Church. However, now that salem is undergoing a witchhunt crisis, he comes to Salem because he believes that he’ll be useful and that this is his time to shine. Therefore, when he is talking to Betty and the girls, he is interested and wants to know more because this is what he very passionate about. It is like his perfect moment has finally come and he is ready to be useful. However, a flaw that Hale has is that he is easily

The second symbol is the seven rooms. They were all different colors. They represented the

Another symbol was the clock. The clock chimes each hour till midnight. When the clocks ticks, it show how it ticking away your life. The clock also was black and black is the color that represents death. The location where the clock was, represent how the sun rises in the east and sets in

The second symbol is the “death-fires” (Coleridge 128). In the footnotes, “death-fires” are said to be “an atmospheric electricity on a ship’s mast or rigging” (Greenblatt 447). The Merriam-Webster dictionary refers to them as “corpse [candles]”. Whether “death-fires” or “corpse [candles]”, there were people who believed these were signs that foretold of death or disaster (Greenblatt 447). The third symbol is a “horned Moon, with one bright star / Within the nether tip” (Coleridge 210 - 211). A moon coupled with a lone star is another omen, the footnotes describe this as “an omen of impending evil” (Greenblatt 449). By using these symbols Coleridge was letting his reader know that something bad was going to happen in the near future.

In Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead the symbol being a coin. In the beginning of the play the coin continuously land on heads 78 times in a row (Stoppard 4). This helps symbolize the lack of reality in the play as it would be expected that when flipping a coin there is as good a chance for it to land on tails as much as heads. It helps illustrate that a 50/50 chance is just another illusion as every time you flip the coin it is a separate chance completely meaning the streak is not a factor at all. Although the symbol may not be as big as it is in The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy where the symbol is Earth itself. As “program Earth was made to find the question to the answer and it was destroyed 5 minutes before it had its answer” (Adams 112). This symbol helps show that the purpose for something may

What are the symbols used in the novel “The Heart of Darkness” by Joseph Conrad?