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Internal Conflicts In The Crucible By Authur Miller

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In 1953 one of the most popular stage productions was released to the public. The text was an improvisation on the historical events that occurred in Salem, Massachusetts. The written story is a drama that follows a set of characters and the choices they are forced to choose from. It is a testament of these characters' faith as well as their self morals. Sharing similarities to what was currently going on within the United States during the early 1950s Authur Miller wrote the work to show his own Crucible and show what people were going through with their own internal conflicts. America was going through falsely accused manhunts and fear of Communist spies filled American households. In the small rural area of Massachuttes, in the town of …show more content…

Seeing this the girl sets up a scheme for the arrest of Elizabeth in which Abigale is successful. Witnessing his wife's arrest Procter comes up with his own scheme in which he will present his case to the court on Abigail's false reasoning for her accusations. Seeing the risk he must take for only a chance at saving his wife John decides he must sacrifice his self pride and come out with the truth the events that followed up to that moment,”Abby’ll charge lechery on you, Mr. proctor! Proctor, halting: She’s told you! Mary Warren: I have known it, sir. She’ll ruin you with it. I know she will. Proctor, hesitating, and with deep hatred of himself: Good. Then her saintliness is done with. mary backs from him. We will slide together into our pit; you will tell the court what you know (Arthur Miller 80).” Procter seeing this as the opportunity to redeem himself to his wife brings himself to the court along Marry Warren. John Proctor's court hearing ultimately ended not in his favor. Despite Proctor's confession to his own actions it was still not enough to win the court over. A mixture of other unexpected factors came into play that tilted the outcome. The decision ultimately came down to Elizebeth having to admit to knowing about John's lechery and believing John would never tell the truth to protect his pride, she reinforced Abigail's

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Proctor after a long day of work comes home and has dinner, complements Elizabeth's food, and talks with Elizabeth about her day, and then Elizabeth tells proctor that abigail is the leading accuser in the court, accusing innocent people of witchcraft, and finally tells proctor to confess to the court but he cowardly says, “I know I cannot keep it. I say I will think on it“ (Miller 4.481). Knowing that many people will die the next morning, Proctor, restrains himself of going to the court to confess that Abigail is a fraud, thus he knows that if he confesses, Abigail will accuse him of adultery and his good name in the town will be

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John had an affair with Abigail when Elizabeth was sick, which made Abigail crazy for him. John forces Abigail to began accusing innocent people so that she would be able to finally accuse Elizabeth. When Proctor finds himself on trial, he reveals to the court that he knows Abigail. This was a very bad decision because now the court will find it hard to believe him. Proctor tries to tell the judges that Abigail wants to replace his wife.

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Whilst trying to prove Abigail and the other girls were pretending, John confesses, “I have known her [Abigail], sir” (3.110). The fact that he is willing to confess such a heavy sin for this purpose is a huge deal. He willingly, albeit reluctantly, soils his name and reputation to bring the truth to light. In the end, Proctor refuses to give a false confession that would condemn the others who were falsely accused. He decided what he felt was right and refused to stray from it.

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Proctor is astonished by what Mary is saying, and she continues to accuse him. Mary says, “I’ll not hang with you! I love God, I love God” (Miller 261). She is now telling the judge that Proctor has made a deal with the devil and is working with him. Mary Warren blatantly lies to Danforth and throws Proctor under the bus just so she can walk free.

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Elizabeth, I have confessed it! (Miller 1,148).” Proctor only confessed to affair because it’s his last option to expose Abigail and to get Goody Proctor out of jail. If Proctor would have found another way to

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John came face to face to a very hard decision, to live and dishonor his name and family, or to die a falsely accused man. John knew that confessing to witchcraft would be lying and that it would only make his afterlife worse. So he asked Elizabeth what she would do, but she only told him to follow his heart and that she supported whatever choice he decided to make. Proctor at first falsely confesses to witchcraft to save his life, which is what Hale, Danforth, and Parris wanted him to do.

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When he finds himself alone with Abigail, he urges her to “Put [the affair] out of mind,” because he is aware that if anyone found out he would be ruined (22). Proctor is considered a powerful person in the community and he will do anything to keep it that way. Although he is not aware of the consequences of his actions, or rather lack of actions, Proctor’s silence prevents a black mark on Abigail’s reputation and allows her crying out to be taken seriously. Even later, after he sees the witch hunt get out of hand, Elizabeth presses John to tell the courts that Abigail is dishonest he responds with “I’ll think on it,” (53). The reason John does not want to come forward is because he is apprehensive of the town’s reaction and knows that by attempting to out Abigail he is putting himself at risk.

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John told Abigail he didnt love her and thats what really ticked her off. Miller focuses on Proctor because John tried to stop the trials once Abigail accused Elizabeth, John would do anything to prove Elizabeth’s innocence. John tried to convince the court of her innocence by explaining that the reason Abigail doesnt work for them anymore is because he had an Affair with Abigail and Elizabeth knew, he knew it would blacken his name but, he wanted to save Elizabeth. The only way the court would believe them is if they heard it from Elizabeth, who had no insight of the converstation. When Elizabeth arrived and was asked she denied it to avoid ruining her husbands title but, she didnt know he had already told them.

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The court now questions Abigail and her honesty. When Abigail does not confess to it, they bring out Elizabeth Proctor. Proctor tries to do the right thing but it backfires when Elizabeth lied to protect her husband's name. This is not the only decisions that affects the outcome but it will lead to him trying more and more to ruin Abigail

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( Miller 23). If Proctor hadn’t had an affair with Abigail this scene would not have happened. Abigail is jealous she can’t have Proctor and is trying to convince him that he still has feelings for her. Abigail is putting thoughts into his head, trying to control him, which John decides to ignore and tell her it's over. This decision doesn’t agree very well with Abigail, turning out to be bad news for Elizabeth.

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Then Mary tells the court that the girls are lying, but when the officers brought in the girls they tell Judge Danforth that Mary is bewitching them. Proctor became furious and tells the court that he had an affair with Abigail and that she was jealous of his wife. Then the Judge bring in his wife to see what she has to say about this and she ends up protecting Proctor’s honor and tells the judge that he didn’t have an affair with Abigail and Proctor is arrested for being a liar in

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Elizabeth is known for her truthfulness and whenever she lies straight to the face of two judges it sort of causes chaos. While John Proctor is trying to overthrow the court, he admits to his affair with Abigail. The court does not believe John and so he tells the court to have Elizabeth tell them what actually has been happening since she never lies. What throws the whole court off is that whenever they ask her about the incident, she lies. Elizabeth tells them that Proctor never had an affair.

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The crucible essay The crucible is a book by Arthur Miller published in 1953. The book was based on puritans which are very religious society and also the Salem witchcraft trial. In the crucible witchcraft accusation developed fear and tension between the Salem residents. This fear is covered by anger turned to vengeance towards one another in the community.

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The conversation of Obierika and Okonkwo in chapter 20 makes me come to my senses and reflected on things in life that make me want to say, “What is mine, is supposed to be mine”. This may sound selfish, but there are also things in life that you want to keep it yourself since this has been the source of your motivation and strength. The statement from the chapter is: “He has put a knife on the things that held us together and we have fallen apart.” Indeed, life is mysterious.

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Because of this, logic behind his actions become lost since he begins executing them with a desire to reform the corruptness of his crime. Elizabeth suggests to Proctor, that by telling the court that Abigail and the other girls bewitchments are of pretense, all women who were sentenced to death would be given their lives back. He knows that telling the judges is the most rational, but he pauses before making a choice as he responds “quietly, struggling with his thought” (53). His uncertainty shows his conflicting emotion because Proctor feels he cannot accuse Abigail because his guilt will not allow him to. But he coexisting feels the priority to accuse her in order to keep Elizabeth in high spirits.

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