The Influence Of Relationships In The Crucible By Arthur Miller

Relationships are the fundamental pavement that one walks on throughout his or her life. Their relationships create happiness, sadness, meaning and connection as each road has cracks and loose pebbles. In the play The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, the audience sees each character walk on their own sidewalk of relationships, choosing who they interact with and who they avoid. However, the characters do not see in which ways their relationships individually impact their destiny.In particular, the ugly fate of one character, John Proctor, is influenced by seperate and different relationships in the play. By looking at the impact of relationships on individual outcomes, it is evident that varying relationships and alliances separately impact the same conclusion.

Their bond, along with the bond that they have with the girls, allows Abby in particular to believe that if she performs this voodoo that John Proctor will love her, driving the plot. In the same way, their Barbados dancing in the woods with the other girls creates the setup for Parris to find them which indirectly begins the Salem Witch Trials. Tituba is the influence that allows Abigail to feel this way. Her doing this is the only reason why the Trials began, building the conflict that is the motor for the plot. Although different than how Abigail beginning the accusations starts the trials, this relationship after some time will lead to Proctor’s individual decision of choosing death. Their relationship and Tituba’s Barbados magic creates the outline for how John Proctor is effected when he chooses death. Unlike how later Abigail’s feelings drive her to accuse Elizabeth, Tituba accuses women so that to get out of punishment for relations with the devil. This then cause Abby to join in, allowing her feelings to take over and John to end up choosing death to save his