The Crucible Analysis

In the novel “Love in the Time of Cholera” and the play “The Crucible”, both stories convey love in different ways. Love, according to Gabriel García Márquez, is an illusion that is created for self satisfaction. On the other hand, Arthur Miller claims that love is in a direct relationship with one’s morality. However, similarly, both stories portray that the longer together two people are, the stronger their bond.

Based on Urbino’s, St. Amour’s and Fermina’s relationships, love takes form as an illusion that satisfies both the mind and body, in the meantime, however, reality can be earth-shattering. Jeremiah de Saint-Amour committed, suicide unable to handle the horrors of war and his guilt. The illusion he made of photographs, films, and

The start of John Proctor and Abigail’s relationship starts with sexual drives; depicting the skin deep relationship they have. Abigail is then only hooked on the physical feelings and not John Proctor; using John as a way to satisfy her new found desire. She then mistakens this drive for love as she desperately chases after John; trying to get him to touch her again and going as far as to attempt to murder Elizabeth. Efforts in vain, Abigail leaves with no hesitation when John is executed because her love can no longer be satisfied. Conversely, Elizabeth protects her husband despite despite her anger. At court after John confesses, Elizabeth chooses this moment to lie, safeguarding John Proctor’s pride and reputation risking her own conscience. This scene asserts that no matter how intimate John’s and Abigail’s relationship was, Elizabeth’s time-tested love with John prevailed, strengthening their bond as well as inner strength. Elizabeth is able to change herself and convey her love for John, most notably aiding John to forgive himself and choose the moral choice of telling the truth. John is also able to gain the courage stand for his name and fight against the mass hysteria of Salem. Both Elizabeth and John commit their most noble acts of resolution at the end in parallel with the play, bringing a close to their hearts as