Theme Of Loyalty In The Crucible

Loyalty is the connection that various people have involving an immense amount of trust and faith. People who are loyal are willing to do many things in order to keep that trust with each other. In the two texts, Fences and The Crucible the characters loyalties with each other are tested and some are completely wiped clean. In Fences, the desire to maintain or strengthen a relationship leads people to commit vicious, wicked acts, is described as a struggle of loyalty when it all breaks down and there is nothing left to restore, while in The Crucible, it is portrayed as a struggle between loyalty in relationships that breaks down, but can be healed. Within many of the characters plots, they either fix their broken ties, or let them go all together.

19) This profound statement surrounds a very hefty threat against the girls if they choose not to follow Abigails wishes. The immensity of stress on Abigails back is weighing heavily on her and preventing her from thinking reasonably. This also happens in the book Fences where Troy’s very own kinship is questioned by his son, Cory. Troy replies with, “I'm gonna tell you what your mistake was. See . . . you swung at the ball and didn't hit it. That's strike one. See, you in the batter's box now. You swung and you missed. That's strike one. Don’t you strike out!” (Wilson, pg. 60). Troys fathering abilities came under examination and he was very put-off by that accusation. He continues to swing at Cory, making a remark about him leaving the house if he makes it to three strikes. Troy began to feel very angry about Cory’s statement and that weakened the loyalty in their relationship, contrasting when Abigail threatens the girls to follow her direction and they build up a loyalty based on fear. “Proctor, breathless and in agony: It is a whore!

In Fences you can see this when Troy and Rose get in an argument: ROSE I know she wasn't living in the world by herself. TROY Next thing you gonna want to know if she had any insurance. ROSE Troy, you ain't got to talk like that. TROY That's the first thing that jumped out your mouth. "Who's gonna bury her?" Like I'm fixing to take on that task for myself. ROSE I am your wife. Don't push me away. (Wilson, pg. 78-79). Rose stayed with Troy after the cheating because she had no better options. She was not scared of Troy compared to the girls in the Crucible, however, she did know that she needed to depend on Troy to survive and live a proper life, so she stuck with him. She knew that Troy need to figure his life out, but she also needed someone to provide her with the necessities of life due to factors in that time period. This happens in The Crucible as well when Abigail speaks to the girls about not telling on themselves, Abigail lays down a vicious plan, and the girls can do nothing but agree. Miller wrote, “ABIGAIL: Now look you. All of you. We danced. And Tituba conjured Ruth Putnam’s dead sisters. And that is all. And mark this. Let either of you breathe a word, or the edge of a word, about the other things, and I will come to you in the black of some terrible night and I will bring a pointy reckoning that will shudder you. And you know I can do it; I saw Indians smash my dear parents’ heads on the