An Individual's Achievement Of Self-Knowledge

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have a lawyer, but this request is denied
by Danforth. He claims that a lawyer is not necessary because only the demon
and the witness are important. Actually, he is conveying that the court alone
will decide on the witness' probity based on his own words. Hale realizes that
John Proctor is an honest man when he would willingly ruin his own reputation
in the hopes of exposing Abigail as a whore. He absolutely cannot believe that
the court won't accept his testimony as the truth. Hale thinks that the children
are irresponsible fakers. He denounces the entire proceeding and leaves.
Ironically, Rev. Hale returns to Salem to encourage the accused to lie in
order to save their lives.

The documentation above shows that Hale's beliefs changed dramatically
as a result of the injustices of the court. He became a man of reason who
experienced a growth in knowledge and had the courage to stand up for what he
believed in, even though his individualistic view opposed the teachings of
Puritan ...

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