Hale is motivated only by his quest for the truth. He wants to rid the town, the colony, of "the devil's work" so that he can better serve God.
When we are first introduced to Reverend Hale, he believes that everything he needs to help the town of Salem can be found in his religious books. Remember that the Puritans were very superstitious people, and attributed many events to supernatural causes. For example, if a crop died, it wasn't...
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