Relationships In The Crucible

In ‘The Crucible’ by Arthur Miller, there are numerous elements of dramatic tension in Acts 1, 2 and 3. First of all, we must establish that the town and play revolves around the ideology of theocracy and its effects on the people of the village; Miller explores the feeling of paranoia, fear and tension throughout the play by setting that people’s grievances can lead to sinister motives. Miller conveys the idea of a society at war with itself in the violent language used by the villagers towards one another.

In Death of a Salesman, Arthur Miller’s character, Willy Loman, is desperately trying to achieve the unattainable American Dream. Throughout the play, Willy encounters many challenges that have derailed his course and his perseverance drives him and his family insane.

His first display of this is shown when the Court officials come to take Elizabeth away. Proctor was so angered by this attack on his house that he ripped the warrant and told them to leave his house. He then tried to bribe Herrick, a court official, not to chain her, but his pleas fell on deaf ears. Proctor recognized that he could save his wife by making his relationship with Abigail public, and therefore expose her motives, but his pride keeps him from doing so. Finally though, Proctor abandoned his concern for his reputation which enabled him to admit his sin in order to save his wife.

The Crucible can convey many different themes. I believe that the main theme of the Crucible would be jealousy. I chose this as an overall theme for many different reasons. One example of jealousy in the play would be when Abigail Williams wanted Elizabeth Proctor dead so she could be with John Proctor. Abigail tried to accuse Elizabeth for stabbing her in the stomach with a needle and also tried to get Mrs. Proctor in trouble by placing the needle in the doll to make it look like she had possession of the same needle that Abigail was stabbed with. Another example of jealousy would be when Putnam wanted George Jacobs to die so he could take all of his land. George had the most land in Salem which would benefit Putnam if he got the land. While Abigail Williams had been blaming everyone for dealing with the devil she was the one who danced in the woods and dealt with the devil first. Just a few days later Abigail said to Parris, “but we never conjured spirits,”. Abigail does just the right thing and planned every step out to prevent the court from finding out that she had dealt with the devil. The Crucible focuses mainly on how much a town can become destroyed and how many people can become falsely accused all because of one person and one certain spirit. Abigail caused many innocent people to get hanged or crushed by bricks. Jealousy is a disease.

This particular quote deals with Elizabeth speaking of her frustration, anger, and disappointment as a result of the violation of trust and marital oaths. Proctor only becomes angered when this topic comes up because he feels that he has repeatedly expressed his sorrow for the mistakes of the past and finds Elizabeth constantly second-guessing him, showing the lack of trust.

Throughout the play, Proctor struggles with his honor as he changes from viewing it as his reputation to believing it is based on his own private moral of truth. The isolated Puritan community in which Proctor lives forces him to try and achieve a pious and perfect lifestyle, which ultimately pressures him into lying about his affair with Abigail in order to maintain a good reputation. This view changes in the courtroom, when Proctor becomes extremely frustrated with the lies and deceit that Abigail is telling the judges, Proctor screams in anger, “I beg you sir, I beg you - see her what she is… She thinks to dance with me on my wife’s grave! And well she might, for I thought of her softly. God help me; I lusted, and there is a promise in such sweat. But it is a

Bigsby, Christopher. "The Crucible." Drama Criticism, edited by Thomas J. Schoenberg and Lawrence J. Trudeau, vol. 31, Gale, 2008. Literature Resource Center, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/H1420082430/LitRC?u=wylrc_wyomingst&sid=LitRC&xid=2bd5b992. Accessed 31 Jan. 2018. Originally published in Arthur Miller: A Critical Study, Cambridge University Press, 2005, pp. 147-171.

After John Proctor had courageously confessed to his adultery, everyone turned against him and he was deemed as a liar. In his cell, he was conflicted between lying so that he could live but also wanted to tell the truth because he, for once, wanted to stop lying. He did not want to leave Elizabeth again so in order to stay alive, he lied again. John Proctor was asked to gives names but he defended, “They think to go like saints. I like not to spoil their names”(Miller, 1230). But after truly wanting to find peace, he finally could not stand any longer to lie and voluntarily gives his life. When Reverend Hale pleaded Elizabeth to go change Proctor mind, Elizabeth replied, “He has his goodness. God forbid I take it from him!” (Miller, 1233). When Elizabeth said this, she’s saying that Proctor has redeem himself but in order to forgive himself, he needs to do this. His death, for him, meant he righted his wrongs and finally regain his respect and his dignity by dying for the

Elizabeth Proctor is the wife of the main character John Proctor who was trying to save their marriage, but John’s affair with Abigail put Elizabeth in danger. Elizabeth’s goal is to save Proctor’s and her marriage by telling the truth to each other. But the truth may have later come back to “haunt” her and she came to a point where she didn't tell the truth about John in the court. Elizabeth feels pressured because of Abby and she want’s the truth about her to be out in the village so they do not have to suffer because of her. Proctor says, “I am only wondering how I may

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throughout the play. For example the theme, the truth will set you free and lies have no end

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The world-famous and highly influential play, The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, was written in an effort to make the public aware of one of the most awful chapters in history, and the goal of the author was to use the characters and events as a vehicle to communicate the moral lessons that should be learned from these examples of flawed human behavior. Various themes and motifs that illustrate important morals are explored extensively throughout the play. The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, is indeed considered a great piece of literary art and does inevitably give moral instruction through the author’s use of the

Throughout The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller, there were many complex situations that were displayed. There were many different instances throughout the play of relationship struggles. The multiple characters in the play were all linked somehow through one relationship or another. The central use of the relationship struggles is to make the storyline more complex during the trials and accusations. The relationships change, develop, and manifest themselves in multiple ways.

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