oth fighting the same battle, causes him to almost be swayed by Hales and Elizabeths pleas for his life, instead of his name. It takes him to the point of almost confessing to Danforth. Only when John must put his sins in writing, to be hung on the church door, does he tear up his confession, choosing religious piety and his name, over his weighty life. Mary Warren and Hale dont really cross paths significantly in the play, but ones actions affect the other. Hales initial persistence in finding out the cause of the girls illnesses in Salem causes Tituba to confess, to save her life. This has a knock on affect, and soon all of the girls are crying witch about many of the women in the town. This turns into a hysterical witch-hunt, in which the girls must lie to cover up previous lies. Because of the magnitude of the previous lies, the girls would do anything to keep their personal lives a secret, and so Mary would not have felt the need to condemn John to witchery to save herself. The actions of Mary Warren, causing John Proctor to hang, affect Hales life dramatically, making him question all that he has held dear (himself, the fairness of the judicial system and his religion.) This was probably the most dramatic point in Hales life, and he soul searches himself to the point of leaving Salem promptly after Proctors hanging. So, this shows that all of these pivotal characters had a good deal of influence in the way the play turned out individually, but more importantly, their individual actions affected the others actions, both creating and enhancing the obvious moral conflicts in The Crucible. ...
