How does Arthur Miller present the relationship of John and Elizabeth Proctor in The Crucible?

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Miller presents the relationship between John and Elizabeth Proctor as an element which develops and changes in the course of the play. The relationship doesn't change a lot but it changes a bit but at the end of the play goes back to how it was in the beginning of the play.

John's character progresses from showing guilt over his relationship with Abigail to exasperation with Elizabeth intractability, and finally to repentance and the rediscovery of his honour.

Elizabeth's character changes less during the course of the play. Initially she is portrayed by Abigail as being cold and unfeeling. In the play Abigail says 'It's a bitter woman, a lying cold, snivelling woman.' Even though Abigail is a wicked girl she is saying this to make the relationship of John and Elizabeth much more badly as she wants to separate both of them.

Elizabeth finally enters the action in Act Two. She doesn't seem to be the unpleasant person described in the first act, she's more like some inadequate to her task. Most of Act Two is to do with how Elizabeth and John Proctor's Relationship is going on. Well in that act it isn't going that well as it started with some suspicion which grew until Reverend Hale was introduced later in the play.

John Proctor criticises her four times in the opening of the act. Firstly John criticises her by altering the taste of the rabbit to his liking without telling her. In the narrative it says 'Then he lifts out the ladle and tastes. He is not quite pleased.' Secondly he criticises her, it's when she doesn't provide the cider to him. In the play John says 'Cider?' And the Elizabeth says 'Aye' (with a sense of reprimanding herself for having forgotten). Thirdly, it's about the lack of flowers in their house, 'It's winter in here yet.' He was trying to say there should he some flowers when she replied 'Oh I forgot!!' Finally his criticism of allowing their servant, Mary warren, to go to Salem for the entire day, 'It's a fault, Elizabeth you're the mistress here, not Mary Warren.'

Their relationship seems extremely fragile, unable to overcome the damage that Abigail has done to it. Even when Cheevers and Marshall had come to arrest Elizabeth, she is unable to respond to John's concern and increases attention. The only expression of any affection is when John promises to bring her home again and she responds by saying 'Oh John, bring me soon.'
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Well during the play the relationship changes quite a lot. In the beginning the relationship is very dreadful, during the middle it's getting better and in the end the relationship is quite good but can be better.

In the beginning of the play we can see that it wasn't a happy marriage; we can see this by when Abigail says 'I have no sense for heat, John, and yours has drawn me to my window, and I have seen you looking up, burning in your loneliness.' The word loneliness shows that it's not a happy marriage. Also ...

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