Mr. Hale eventually uses his power in a positive way. It takes him a while to come around to the idea that the court in Salem is corrupt and that the girls are not being truthful, but once he does realize this in Act III, he tries to step in. Hale tries to stick up for the Proctors when Elizabeth tells a lie to protect John after he'd sworn that she would never lie. When Mary Warren accuses John of witchcraft, Hale argues that "this child's...
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