Describe the nature of the personal conflict between Proctor and Elizabeth. How might their argument echo the action of the play at large

The nature of the personal conflict between John Proctor and Elizabeth Proctor was exacerbated by the infidelity between John and Abigail.  No woman has ever liked sharing her husband with another woman.  Men also hated sharing their wives with other men, but they indulge in this evil, all the same.

Their argument of whether to present the illicit affair before the court in order to determine the witchcraft accusations being peddled by Abigail Williams against Elizabeth Proctor further heightened the action of the play.

Explanation:

Arthur Miller's 1953 play, titled "The Crucible," was written to chronicle the events that led to the witchcraft trial.  The play's events corresponded to the events that actually occurred in Salem, Massachusetts during 1692.  According to Arthur Miller, the main idea behind "The Crucible" was to criticize McCarthyism or the practice of making accusations without sufficient evidence. The play wanted to encourage people to stop jumping to the worst conclusions, especially when they lacked substantial evidence.

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in the short story the slip-over sweater by jesse stuart, the main character and narrator shan is friends with grace, an intelligent girl he has known since childhood and with whom he used to be in love.

at the beginning of the story, shan believes he’s no longer in love with grace, but loves jo-anne instead. in order to buy a slip-over sweater and have jo-anne wear it so that the other students would know she loved him too, shan takes a loan at the bank.

while jo-anne is wearing shan’s sweater, his friend grace starts to wear another popular boy’s one, roy’s sweater. because of that, the other students begin to pay attention to grace and compliment her perseverance and effort. they admire her for walking 5 miles to school every day, despite the weather, and still getting the best grades. shan, who knows all of that for a fact, says, as the narrator, ‘and i knew she had the durability and the toughness of a storm-battered mountain oak.’ he compares his friend’s strength – not only physical, but also of character – to an oak tree, whose wood is known for being sturdy.

as the story goes on, shan changes his behavior out of concern for the debt he has to pay at the bank. his new girlfriend jo-anne never asks him what is wrong nor offers any sort of . instead, she breaks up with shan for not being as fun as she thought he was supposed to be. grace, however, not only asks about shan’s problem, but him make the money he needs. shan can’t but notice how different the girls are and what a wonderful person grace is.   even though he used to find jo-anne prettier at the beginning of the story, he now says, ‘grace was as beautiful as our mountain was in april, prettier than a blossom of wild phlox or a mountain daisy.’ his comparing grace to a mountain or something that exists on a mountain (such as a mountain oak or daisy) certainly has important meaning since shan loves the mountain and everything about it and he knows the mountain thoroughly. shan also loves and knows grace as completely as he does the mountain.