Reverend Hale in The Crucible Reverend Hale's attitude has changed completely during his time in Salem. After Reverend Parris saw some girls including Abigail, Tituba, and Betty dancing and summoning spirits in the woods, he called Hale to Salem. These woods are forbidden; dancing and conjuring are signs of the devil in Puritan society. Called by Beverly, a special reverend, Hale's task is to search a city for any signs of Lucifer. Reverend Parris obviously saw some work of the devil in his niece Abigail, slave Tituba, and daughter Betty. Reverend Hale experiences three different feelings throughout the play. At first Hale was simply doing his job and was passionate about ridding this city of the devil. In the middle of the show Hale is angry at how the trial is going and believes that the girls are lying that the convicts have set their spirits on the girls. By the end of the play Hale has lost all faith in the justice system and is very upset by Judge Danforth's stubbornness. Hale is simply a hard-working reverend who takes his job very seriously. He is very strict and is set in his ways. In his own way he is determined to be in Salem only to do his job and not to take it personally. In his work he may have to condemn people who will eventually be hanged for witchcraft. When Hale first came to Salem he said, "In these books the Devil is stripped of all his brute disguises. Here are all your familiar spirits: your incubi and succubi; your witches who go by land, by air, and by sea; your wizards of night and day. Be afraid now: we will find out if he has come among us, and I intend to crush him completely if he shows up!" (Miller 185). This quote shows how he is very intent on finding any sign of the devil and will show no mercy. After many people have been convicted of witchcraft, Hale can see that something is wrong. He knows that all girls are lying when they pretend to be attacked by the spirits of the condemned. Abigail initiates the stories and being a strong leader is followed by the younger and weaker girls. Eventually John Proctor's wives, Giles Corey and Francis Nurse are convicted.