Analysis of the Crucible, page 41-42. Essay -- Essay on The Crucible

Analysis of the Crucible, page 41-42.The influential tonus throughout this extract, is the one sided effort to enjoy the quantify that they are spending over the meal. Theseefforts coming from thaumaturgy Proctor. One can gather the reasons for thiscold shoulder shown to John by Elizabeth, is humble to the broken trust,by John when having a love affair with Abigail earlier in the play.There are m whatever emotions in the extract that show this feeling quitevisibly, that can be explored.John shows great effort to show a keen interest in the meal providedby Elizabeth and other aspects of their day-after-day lives. Firstly whenJohn hears the food is rabbit he quickly jumps in saying, Oh is itIn Jonathans trap. This is his way to share a common ground, and tointeract in their married life. There is also more evidence of Johntrying to make civilized conversation, with a slight humorous slant,This farms a continent when you go tush by foot droppin seeds init. Its also noticeable tha t he is looking to impress Elizabeth,trying to achieve this by showing off the work he had covered thatday. However it is clear that he has failed in his plan to either puta smile to her face or to impress her in any way as she answers veryblandly to these comments, with short unenthusiastic responses like,It must be.This idea of Elizabeths small dry, lifeless manner of speech does notjust consort to the quotation, above but to the whole pattern of herspeech in the extract. This of course being the opposite to Johnsefforts, and subtle hints of his humour. Clear evidence of this isshown when John tries the first time to impress or as he puts itplease his wife, If the crop is good Ill buy George Jacobsheife... ...burning desire in all men? In Abigail, he may wish he could deletethis, but his passion was always there. Johns appetite forstimulation can be found in Act 1 page 17. Where John and Abigail arespeaking of the controversy that occurred in the woods Abigail goeson to say, Oh posh, we were dancin in the woods, as she says this,she is said to be confidently, closing in on John. Johns smilewidens, as he replies, Ah, youre wicked yet arent y So it isclear that he is enjoying this little witty exchange, something thathe doesnt seem to be attaining from Elizabeth.This links in with the preliminary vista of the one sided effort tothe current relationship, that John is only showing. However from whathas been shown previously, is that Elizabeth would show a keenerinterest, but is ensnared in her dissatisfaction and lack of trust inJohn.