Arthur Miller's play The Crucible is set in the village of Salem where an atmosphere of enmity and distrust has been created through the conflicts and disagreements many of the villagers experience throughout the play. Many of these are caused by or, like the conflict between Parris and Proctor, are inflated by the numerous accusations of witchcraft occurring in the village. John Proctor is very rarely involved in village affairs, preferring to spend time on his farm rather than getting involved. in politics. However, he still has conflicts with other inhabitants of the village, notably Parris, of whom he is very suspicious. Proctor really doesn't like Parris and doesn't agree with everything he does. Proctor's hatred of Parris causes him to rarely attend religious services on the Sabbath and spend the day on his farm. The reason Proctor is not present is because he disagrees with Paris's morals and motivations and cannot bear to listen to the "hell fire and damnation" he preaches during his services. Proctor also refuses to have his youngest child baptized because he fears the idea of Parris touching his baby, believing that there is no "light of God in that man", even though he is a minister. Parris has glorious hopes for his Church and for his own future. Proctor believes that Parris is obsessed with material goods and "dreams of cathedrals and not clapboard meat houses", as shown by his replacement of pewter candlesticks with gold candlesticks. The pewter candlesticks were handmade by Francis Nurse and therefore had great sentimental value, but Parris preached "nothing but gold candlesticks" until he had them replaced. Proctor is outraged that his hard work is being wasted on materialistic items such as new candlesticks that serve no purpose other than to look good. Parris has a great influence on the witch hunt and often expresses his opinion on Proctor in an attempt to have him arrested. He contradicts many of Proctor's words in the courtroom when Proctor testifies that the women arrested have "honest reputations" and therefore the accusations cannot be true. Parris refers to the Bible to prove Proctor wrong, using Adam and Eve's son Cain, who killed his brother Able, as an example of an honest person capable of carrying out horrible acts. This hatred and suspicion between Proctor and Parris contributes greatly to the tense and hostile environment that occurs during the play. Proctor is also in conflict with Thomas Putnam, whom he distrusts due to his lifelong greed and willingness to hurt others in order to gain land for himself. play.

Essay / Arthur Miller's play The Crucible is set in the village of Salem where an atmosphere of enmity and distrust has been created through the conflicts and disagreements many of the villagers experience throughout the play. Many of these are caused by or, like the conflict between Parris and Proctor, are inflated by the numerous accusations of witchcraft occurring in the village. John Proctor is very rarely involved in village affairs, preferring to spend time on his farm rather than getting involved. in politics. However, he still has conflicts with other inhabitants of the village, notably Parris, of whom he is very suspicious. Proctor really doesn't like Parris and doesn't agree with everything he does. Proctor's hatred of Parris causes him to rarely attend religious services on the Sabbath and spend the day on his farm. The reason Proctor is not present is because he disagrees with Paris's morals and motivations and cannot bear to listen to the "hell fire and damnation" he preaches during his services. Proctor also refuses to have his youngest child baptized because he fears the idea of Parris touching his baby, believing that there is no "light of God in that man", even though he is a minister. Parris has glorious hopes for his Church and for his own future. Proctor believes that Parris is obsessed with material goods and "dreams of cathedrals and not clapboard meat houses", as shown by his replacement of pewter candlesticks with gold candlesticks. The pewter candlesticks were handmade by Francis Nurse and therefore had great sentimental value, but Parris preached "nothing but gold candlesticks" until he had them replaced. Proctor is outraged that his hard work is being wasted on materialistic items such as new candlesticks that serve no purpose other than to look good. Parris has a great influence on the witch hunt and often expresses his opinion on Proctor in an attempt to have him arrested. He contradicts many of Proctor's words in the courtroom when Proctor testifies that the women arrested have "honest reputations" and therefore the accusations cannot be true. Parris refers to the Bible to prove Proctor wrong, using Adam and Eve's son Cain, who killed his brother Able, as an example of an honest person capable of carrying out horrible acts. This hatred and suspicion between Proctor and Parris contributes greatly to the tense and hostile environment that occurs during the play. Proctor is also in conflict with Thomas Putnam, whom he distrusts due to his lifelong greed and willingness to hurt others in order to gain land for himself. play.

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