Why do you think Hale is so insistent that lawyers be brought in to argue Proctor's case? He wants to be absolutely sure that Mary Warren is telling the truth and that is can be proven in court without a doubt. He is the one who signs death warrants.
Danforth feels Hale is attacking his personal judgment and doesn't believe Proctor needs a lawyer if he is honest. What is contained in Mary Warren's deposition?
Long Answer. Reverend Hale's purpose in returning to Salem is to speak with the condemned prisoners and convince them that they should give false confessions rather than martyr themselves. He chooses to do this because he is tormented by guilt.
What evidence is there that Hale no longer believes the testimony and crying out of the girls? He quits the court and denounces the proceeding.
Why does Danforth not allow Proctor to obtain a lawyer? The evidence is invisible, and the lawyer would only bring in irrelevant evidence.
Why is Danforth insulted when Hale suggests that a lawyer should present Mary Warren's deposition? Danforth is very confident that he can distinguish (or identify) fact (true) from fiction (not true). He's been doing this for 32 years. Danforth repeatedly says that the innocent have nothing to fear in a court of law.
Why does Reverend Hale try to get the prisoners to confess? He knows that if they confess, they will be released from jail.
Hales comes to Salem in response to a need. He is the "spiritual doctor" summoned to evaluate Salem. His job is to diagnose witchcraft if it is present, and then provide a necessary cure through conversion or by removing the "infected" inhabitants from Salem. Hale devotes himself to his faith and his work.
Why does Hale claim the trials cannot be stopped? Hale thinks there is too much evidence to stop it. When Hale appears at the Proctors' door, he is described as "different now—drawn a little, and there is a quality of deference, even of guilt, about his manner now." What accounts for this change?
What does Hale do when Proctor is arrested? Hale says that he denounces the proceedings and he quits the court.
Hale no longer believes the testimony and crying out of the girls? What do the girls do to convince the men otherwise? Why? How do their actions further befuddle (confuse) Mary?
In a desperate plea to prove to Judge Danforth that Abigail and the rest of the girls were feigning their accusations, Proctor confesses to committing adultery with Abigail.