Tituba braids Elizabeth’s hair just as her mother braided Jennifer’s, further strengthening the parallel between the two friendships. More important, though, is Tituba’s insight into the Parris’ sex life. While John and Tituba embrace sex as a “glorious,” natural, form of tenderness, Samuel Parris fears it. Perhaps part of Elizabeth’s sense of illness and disconnection from her body stems from Parris’s refusal to be truly intimate with her.