The most fundamental conflict that characters share in the
            work is the idea of how the individual can be pitted against society.  This is an
            internally focused conflict that different characters feel at different points.  Proctor
            feels this with his desire to remain apart from the chaos, but the growing need to take
            a stand.  He also feels this when he is forced to confess in front of the court.  Giles
            Corey feels this when he is compelled to "name names," but refuses to do so.  Elizabeth
            feels this when she has to testify in front of the court, and does not know whether to
            lie or tell the truth.  In lying, she capitulates to the community and actually dooms
            her husband more.  Mary Warren feels this during her testimony when the power of Abigail
            and the girls overcomes her and forces her to recant all she says.  To an extent, even
            Tituba endures this struggle between the individual and the community setting in how she
            is unable to really articulate the ability to stand up for her own sense of identity and
            must cave into that of the group.  In each situation, there is a conflict of the
            individual against the larger society and this is felt on an internal
            level.
Saturday, January 3, 2015
In The Crucible, what is one shared conflict that multiple charcters have within themselves?
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