The play is set in Salem, Massachusetts, 1692. The rumor that Betty is the victim of witchcraft is running fast in Salem, and a crowd has gathered in Parris’s house. John Proctor, a local farmer, enters Parris’ house to join the girls. Reverend Hale is an intellectual man, and he has studied witchcraft extensively and starts to question Abigail about the dancing in the forest, but Abigail maintains that the dancing was not connected to witchcraft. Under severe questioning, she insists that she did not call the devil but that Tituba did. Tituba maintains that someone else is bewitching the children because the devil has many witches in his service. Hale calls for the marshal to bring irons to arrest the accused witches. I chose reverend Hale because in the first act he is sure of himself, knowledge and actions he has a glowing of security. Hale enters in a flurry of activity, carrying large books and projecting an air of great knowledge. “a tight-skinned, eager-eyed intellectual. This is a beloved errand for him; on being called here to ascertain witchcraft he has felt the pride of the specialist whose unique knowledge has at last been publicly called for.”(30-31) In this chapter I did like how Hale was presented, with authority. What I really disliked is how Abigail denies everything that she did. My impression of her is that she´s a hypocrite. I liked how big the role of Betty was even though she didn’t speak that much. My favorite quote of this chapter was Hales´: “we shall need study if it comes to tracking down the old boy” (34) It stood out to me because even though this character represents security and knowledge so far I sensed how naïve Hale was because he really thought that he was pursuing the devil. The second act takes place in the common room of Proctor's house eight days later. John Proctor returns from a day in the fields and greets his wife, Elizabeth. They make small talk. Elizabeth is disturbed to r