Conflicts In The Crucible

Millions of people have had conflicts and terrible danger in their respective lives. Additionally, other people have had these same conflicts about religion and the government. The Salem Witch Trials took place in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1692. Everyone in town was conflicted about a horrifying issue, witchcraft. Witchcraft was a religious practice of dark sorcery and magic, which lead to anguish and conflicts. In The Crucible, by Arthur Miller witchcraft is the man theme and is feared widespread and make all the town afraid. The towns people strongly believe in god, and the devil creates conflicts and issue in the town. In The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, conflicts occur between many different souls, breaking up and inviting anguish throughout

the community.
John Proctor has had an unrelentless conflict internally throughout the book.

John Proctor is internally battling himself about his name, reputation, and current situation in court constantly. John is angered and pushed around during court, and after he is howling about his situation in the court, as he barks “Is the accuser always holy now? Were they born this morning as clean as God’s fingers? I’ll tell you what’s walking Salem...Vengeance is walking in Salem.”(Miller 73). Understanding about this theocracy, John Proctor wants to end it; therefore, he battles within himself to gain personal confidence. Next, John Proctor is battling about his name and reputation. He wants to save his good name. As he walks through the intense thoughts in his mind, he screams, “Because it is my name! Because I cannot have another in my life! Because I lie and sign myself to lies! Because I am not worth the dust on the feet of them that hang! How may I live without my name?” (133). John Proctor is arguing about why he must die a good man, as he yells about his internal conflict. John Proctor is a monstrous man who continues to fight internally. His internal war brings on new conflicts, and it is a necessary gesture, to reassure safety in

Salem.
As John Proctor is internally battling himself, Reverend Parris of Salem is a strict and short tempered man during rocky situations. John Proctor and Reverend Parris are continually fighting throughout the superb play. John Proctor has an issue with Reverend Parris, as Proctor explains, “Since we built the church there were pewter candle-sticks upon the altar; Francis Nurse made them, y’know, and a sweeter hand never touched the metal. But Parris came, and for twenty week he preach nothin’ but golden candlesticks until he had them”(65). John Proctor concludes that Reverend Parris is a bad man, as he states here. Reverend Parris has a special way of preaching, as he talks about hell and the devil more than Proctor would like. They are contentious individuals as John Proctor does not like the way Parris runs the Church. Reverend Parris and John Proctor come to a predicament. John Proctor starts the predicament, as he states, “Mr. Parris, you are the first minister ever did demand the deed to this house(Parris responding) - Man! Don’t a minister deserve a house to live in?”(30). Reverend Parris is a needy and repulsive man, and so is Proctor. These two troublemakers continue to make issues, as they have an unrelentless predicament. John Proctor and Reverend Parris have a continuous imbroglio amongst the two of them, in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692.
As John Proctor and Reverend Parris fight with each other, Abigail Williams, niece of Reverend Parris, forms a villagewide feud between her and the society. Abigail is a mischievous girl, as she goes behind the backs of people, in order to gain safety and trust out of others. Conjuring spirits in the woods (Abigail and the other school girls), Abigail does not want anyone to find out. Consequently, she goes to the girls, and threatens to “come to you in the black of some terrible night and I will bring a pointy reckoning that will shudder you”(19).Using her threatening ways to yell at the girls, Abigail creates a terrible act against the society. Reverend Hale and Deputy Danforth are ministers in Salem whom continues to demand the truth. Meanwhile, Abigail is becoming more and more evil to the society, as she lies and yells during a heated trial, she says to Hale and Danforth,“Look out, she’s coming down!”(109). Abigail continues to bring hate and terrific fear into the weary village of Salem, Massachusetts. Abigail has an overall goal, which is to marry John Proctor. Therefore, she will do anything possible to become his wife. She is a self-centered, egotistical, and selfish felon who continues to create terrible relationships in between her and others in the large community.
During this play, conflicts take over and control the overall emotion and outlook on the entire play.

John Proctor battles himself internally, on such matters as his reputation and religious practices. John Proctor and Reverend Parris battle each other on the way they act, and they disagree in different ways. Abigail Williams performs lethal acts on others during this play, against the society, solely to gain something she wants so bad. Conflicts create fear. This fear is terrible. In modern day, fear is everywhere; fear is in your house, fear is in the public, fear is walking around this world. As the great Martin Luther King once said, “Love is the only force capable of transporting an enemy into a friend”. If you were in conflict, would you try and fix it? Would you attempt to make peace in the world? Love can drive out fear, which is created by conflict. Love on this planet is a fantastic tool which helps people all over the world. Love is found everywhere, unfortunately, conflict is found in the Crucible, by Arthur Miller. Love will lead to the end of war and conflict, and there of all fear! End Fear

Today!