“I need to know if you're alone tonight, I can't stop this feeling, I can't stop this fire, oh, I get hysterical, hysterical, oh can you feel It?” This is the lyrics of the 1987 hit, Hysteria, by Def Leppard you might ask what a fiery love song has to do with Arthur Miller's tragic work, The Crucible. If you examine the work it becomes clear that it revolves around to a twisted love triangle between John Proctor, Elizabeth Proctor and Abigail Williams, which is the cause of hysteria and injustice in the village of Salem. John Proctor is the protagonist in the Crucible Salem, although he does not regularly attend mass nor are his relatives fully baptized. It turns out he has problems with the church minister, Reverend Paris stated: “I don't like that Mr. Paris put his hand on my baby. I don't see any light of God in that man. I will not hide it” (Miller 1301). Not going to church is not what will ruin Proctor's good name, but it is the adultery that Proctor committed with Abigail Williams, cheating on his wife, Elizabeth. Proctor later confesses his sin before Judge Danforth in hopes of saving himself. At this point in the play, Proctor is very hysterical in his speech, perhaps because throughout the play Proctor has been troubled by his infidelity with Abigail. John is left with only one thing at the end of the show: his name and reputation. Proctor exclaims, “Because it's my name! Because I can't have another one in my life! Because I'm not worth the dust on the feet of those who hang! How can I live without my name? I gave you my soul; leave me my name!” (Miller 1357). When Judge Danforth asked the prosecutor to sign a confession, he ... middle of paper ... friend, Mary Warren, gave Elizabeth a doll with a needle stuck in it in church. This will give Cheever a reason to accuse her of witchcraft later in the play, ultimately working in Abigail's favor to capture John. Abigail has achieved a strangely high influence of power for the person she is in, but she will never achieve her true goal of having Proctor for herself. In the end, all that remains at the heart of the conflict is fear. whether it's the fear of losing someone you love, your name, or the fear of the truth. Ernest Hemingway once said, “So far, regarding morality, I only know that what is moral is what makes you feel good and that what is immoral is what makes you feel bad.” It refers to Elizabeth, John, Abigail, and every character in the crucible or in the real world. The quote asks what someone feels is moral and immoral and it is up to oneself to decide.