Crucible Conflicts

There have been some major conflicts that have occurred in The Crucible. These conflicts have been over the true intentions of people, witchcraft, and reputations. Mr. Proctor does not like Reverend Parris. Proctor believes that Reverend Parris is a Reverend for the wrong reasons. He says he will not go to church if Parris is running the services. He thinks that Parris is mainly into preaching for the money, which is not entirely wrong. Parris is very concerned with his reputation, more than the well-being of his church and the members that attend, and Proctor is very aware of this. However, not going to church gets Proctor a bad reputation. Being a Puritan means attending church every Sabbeth Day and praying whenever possible. Another conflict is between the whole town of Salem. Everybody in the town is trying to figure if there are witches living in Salem, even though some people doubt the fact witches even exist. People are getting accused left and right, causing hatred for the court to grow. Reverend Hale is one of the people who is starting to believe that witches are not present. Another example of conflict would be the dispute between the Elizabeth Proctor and Abigail Williams. The affair that happened between John and Abigail is becoming present once again. Abigail is extremely jealous of Elizabeth, and she wants to take her place as John's wife. Abigail has drank charms to kill Elizabeth, and when that did not work, she came up with a whole plan to frame Elizabeth Proctor of performing witchcraft to try and hurt Abigail. In conclusion, The Crucible is a play full of conflicts between everybody. However, this is what makes the play so interesting.