Hale+Act+3

__**Hale Act 3**__ "I denounce these proceedings, I quit this court!" "Excelency, it is a natural life to tell: I beg you, stop now before another is condemned! I may shut my conscience to it no more." "I have this morning signed away the soul of Rebecca Nurse." "There is a prodigious fear of this court in the country." "I am a minister of the Lord" "In G-ds name, sir, stop here"
 * Hale has realised that he cannot support the court
 * The line is the culmination of his feelings towards the court in Act 2 & 3
 * Rejection of court publicly - shows his bravery - shows the individual against the establishment
 * Sense of self - wants to do what is right not for himself but for the community; his objectivity led to confusion; has changed dramatically; he realises he has made a huge error
 * Moral values - his first attempt at alienating himself from the court
 * Shows belief the court system
 * Rebecca - her moral compass never falters - she is the ideal puritan woman - women feel a sense of inadequacy when compared to Rebecca, seen as being blessed by G-d
 * If it is possible for a person as pure as Rebecca be accused then everyone is vulnerable
 * Hale's conscience is fracturing his sense of self / contradicting the court
 * Shows the corruption of the court and societies distrust in the justice system
 * Hale is admiting that society has a lack of faith in the court - displaying his true feelings
 * Shows Hale's need to prove himself and to assert his place in society whilst questioning what that means
 * Hale is trying to correct the wrong doings of the court
 * He has a redefined sense of self
 * He has helped cause all the death - tries to be a just man and correct his wrong doings
 * Has to consider what being a man of G-d means - decisions based on the Bible
 * Asserting his place as G-ds representative
 * G-d overrides all