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Hale skillfully starts off by intimidating Tituba, demanding that she confess to a pact with the Devil. He forces questions and causes her to lie to save herself and prevent another beating. She's persuaded to "name names". Once she gives him what he wants, she's treated well, this persuades the girls to lie too.
Hale introduces the God into conversation to allow Tituba to open up and tell him everything. He tells Tituba, if she really is a Christian, she should name other witches.
Parris was forceful and Hale was more gentle.
- tituba was accused of witchcraft so he had to question her. - tituba is from the island of barbados and at that itme, witchraft was common there. ~amelia
Hale believes Abigail over Tituba because 1.) Tituba was one of the first people accused of being a witch in Salem. 2.) Tituba is black and there is a large racial discrimination.
Hale skillfully starts off by intimidating Tituba, demanding that she confess to a pact with the Devil. He forces questions and causes her to lie to save herself and prevent another beating. She's persuaded to "name names". Once she gives him what he wants, she's treated well, this persuades the girls to lie too.
Hale introduces the God into conversation to allow Tituba to open up and tell him everything. He tells Tituba, if she really is a Christian, she should name other witches.
Parris was forceful and Hale was more gentle.
- tituba was accused of witchcraft so he had to question her. - tituba is from the island of barbados and at that itme, witchraft was common there. ~amelia
Hale believes Abigail over Tituba because 1.) Tituba was one of the first people accused of being a witch in Salem. 2.) Tituba is black and there is a large racial discrimination.
Hale wants Elizabeth to encourage her husband to confess what he has done.
Reverend Hale makes Tituba feel important by telling her she has been chosen to help cleanse the village. "The Crucible" is a play that was written by Arthur Miller.
Confess.
Hale wants Elizabeth to encourage her husband to confess what he has done.
To try to get them to confess.
The "proof" Abigail offers Reverend Hale is actually verbal claims. She claims that Tituba sings Barbados songs to her on a regular basis, and that Tituba forces her and the other girls to go into the forest and drink magic charms.
Reverend Hale was the Puritan pastor during the Salem Witch Trials. He told the witches to confess falsely in order to save their lives.