Examples Of Conflicts In The Crucible

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Conflicts of the Crucible We all know every small town has lots of conflicts. Back in the day the church was also the law. A lot of the laws they had were from the bible. People became fearful of witches when one day a girl would not wake and when she did she woke screaming. In this act the whole town became fearful. Now all the hatred could be taken out by accusing one another of being a witch. Many people were accused of doing something they would never do. Some of the major conflicts were between Parris and Procter, Procter and Abigail, Abigail and Elizabeth. Parris and Procter did not agree on how people would be accused of something. Procter says to Parris “But who tells us Rebecca Nurse murdered seven babies by sending out her spirit on them? It is the children only, and this one will swear she lied to you”. (III.116-132) Procter knew the girls were lying because Abigail had told him so. The fear of it being true made the people crazy. It also tore apart the town. Parris is terrified his town will be taken by the evil and is too ignorant to realize the Procter is…show more content…
This ferrites Abigail to no end. Procter says to Abigail “Abby, I may think of you softly from time to time. But I will cut off my hand before I’ll reach out for you again. Wipe it out of mind. We never touched, Abby.” (Procter 1240). This makes Abigail mad. Just like any woman would be. The man that she loves told him that they never touched. John s regretting the affair he and Abigail had. He just wants to forget about it. “Abby, you’ll put it out of mind I’ll not be comin’ for you more.”(Procter 1246). Abigail can’t stand that John does not want her no longer it is eating at her and they continue to be angry. “How do you call heaven! Whore! Whore! Abigail is a whore!” (Procter). John is finally fed up with Abigail and just wants her out of his life. This must have hurt
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