'Proctor and Elizabeth Relationship\r'

'‘The melting pot’ is a novel which was written by Arthur milling machine in 1953. It takes place during the times of the Salem bewitch trials in Massachusetts. This was a time of overmuch double-dealing in the wad of the town of Salem. Many the great unwashed believed anything they heard or saw. Although The Crucible is fictitious, the story depicts the historical information of the Salem witch trials, and blends them with fictitious characters to stimulate a very realistic spot and appointment in the story. Miller wrote this play as a response to the political environment in which he lived.\r\nThe story relates to the McCarthy trials. During the 1950s Senator Joseph McCarthy accused many American leaders of being communists. This lead to many accusations that people were communists. well-nigh people believed him because they had fear of communism. McCarthy was, in effect, conducting â€Å"witch hunts”. The reddened Scare was a witch hunt where the US g overnment was searching for â€Å"dangerous communists. ” Accusations came from left and right, much the same as the characters did for â€Å"real witches” in The Crucible.\r\nThis meant that people were forced to either confess to the crime of witchery or shove the blame towards a contrasting person. As an effect of this bias, the accused were n perpetually discharged, simply were given the opportunity to confess to the crime of witchcraft to lessen their sentence. With the red scare, the accused were given a chance to give up names of former(a) suspected communists to lessen their sentence as well. In some(prenominal) situations, there were people who confessed even though they had no relation to the crime at all.\r\nThe majority, however, valued their morals and refused to give into political pressure by lying. This is shown as abuse of power. The puritans were a group of English Protestants in the 16th and 17th century. The entire plot of the novel is moulded by the repressive Puritan society. kindred many puritan women, Elizabeth monitor lizard is dutiful and loves her preserve dearly. Yet, Elizabeth is hurt by the fact that her husband was having an issue with their â€Å"strikingly beautiful” young servant (Abigail).\r\nShe finds it challenging to show emotion and this affects her relationship with lavatory watch over vastly. In Act One we can nab that there is ‘ wake’ and ‘passion’ amid flush toilet and Elizabeth. When Abigail says, ‘I know how you clutched my back behind your dramaturgy and sweated equal a stallion whenever I suffer near! ’ Shes saying that John yet lusts after her, breaking into a sweat when he sees her. Shes dimension the affair over his head and reminding him how he has sinned would like to sin again. We can see that Abigail has real feelings for John and they have a sexual attraction amongst them.\r\nWith Abigail being a 17 year overage puritan girl and John being a married man, this is clearly placerageous and shows that he was brisk to break his rules. varan convinced himself he was a sinful man that had done wrong, and to have find for himself one time again, he must break forth all ties with Abigail. When Abigail mentioned to Proctor the relationship she and he once had, he said to her, â€Å"No, no, Abby. Thats done with,” and, â€Å"Abby, youll put it out of mind. Ill not be comin for you more.\r\nEven when Abigail tried to pack Proctor to admit his love for her, he still denied it and claimed he had no love for her any longer. In all of Abigails persuasion to try to get him to admit his love for her, Proctor replied, â€Å"Abby, I may telephone of you softly from time to time. But I ordain cut off my hand before Ill ever reach for you again. Wipe it out of mind. We never touched, Abby. ” Proctor saying to Abigail that they never touched was his way of toilsome to get through to her that the rela tionship between the both of them had to end here.\r\nIn Proctors mind, saying that to Abigail was a finalisation of their affair and gave him the closure that he needed to rightfully forget what he and Abigail had between them. The affair between Proctor and Abigail also had made his love for Elizabeth grow stronger. The guilt of the affair made him realize how Elizabeth was a good woman and deserved more than a cheating husband, and he refused to allow Abigail to speak evilly about her.\r\nAbigail said bitterly to Proctor, â€Å"Oh, I inquire how such a strong man may let such a sickly wife be -,” in which he interrupted angrily with, â€Å"Youll speak nothin of Elizabeth! Abigail, realising the respect he now had for Elizabeth as to not let her speak of Elizabeth in such a manner, then tried to convince Proctor otherwise, saying, â€Å"She is blackening my name in the village! She is presentment lies about me! She is a cold, snivelling woman… ” Elizab eth is shown as a ‘cold’ woman whereas Abigail and Proctor have ‘heat’ †‘no wintry man’. The anger he felt at this time was not besides towards Abigail, but also towards himself. He felt he had sinned greatly and did not provide Elizabeth, a capture of three children, with the respect and loyalty that one would appear out of a husband.\r\n'