The One That Got Away
“You never know how much you love someone until you watch them love someone else” (Pinterest). In the play The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, Abigail Williams falls in love with John Proctor after being his maid but, for John to love her back, death would be forced upon his wife. Since Abigail Williams is motivated by her love for John Proctor, her decision to sabotage John and Elizabeth’s marriage creates death for John and many others by the end of the play. Abigail’s love for John Proctor motivates her to act the way she does. The only thing stopping her and John’s relationship is Elizabeth. In that case, Elizabeth needs to die or be thrown in jail and Abigail will do anything for that to happen. For Elizabeth, Abigail taking her spot is all that’s on her mind. “And think to kill me, then to take my place” (pg 61) explained Elizabeth as she argued with Proctor about Abigail’s wants. Elizabeth feels that Abigail wants to kill her and take her place as John’s significant other. This shows that Abigail really is out to kill or get Elizabeth away from Proctor. As you can …show more content…
By lying saying she sees things that aren’t present, hurting herself and blaming others for hurting her and saying other people’s spirits are hurting her, is how Abigail’s master mind plan to get John, falls together. “Stuck two inches in the flesh of her belly, he draw a needle out,” Cheever trembles to the Proctors. As Mary Warren finished sewing her poppet she stuck her needle into the belly of the poppet. Abigail, knowing that Mary was giving it to Elizabeth as a gift, stuck herself in the belly making it look like Elizabeth’s thing was to stick people in the belly. By Abigail’s lies, the whole town of Salem is being accused for no reason. After each lie, her lies become more and more believable for the judges, which makes it easier for the people of Salem to be
“You never know how much you love someone until you watch them love someone else” (Pinterest). In the play The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, Abigail Williams falls in love with John Proctor after being his maid but, for John to love her back, death would be forced upon his wife. Since Abigail Williams is motivated by her love for John Proctor, her decision to sabotage John and Elizabeth’s marriage creates death for John and many others by the end of the play. Abigail’s love for John Proctor motivates her to act the way she does. The only thing stopping her and John’s relationship is Elizabeth. In that case, Elizabeth needs to die or be thrown in jail and Abigail will do anything for that to happen. For Elizabeth, Abigail taking her spot is all that’s on her mind. “And think to kill me, then to take my place” (pg 61) explained Elizabeth as she argued with Proctor about Abigail’s wants. Elizabeth feels that Abigail wants to kill her and take her place as John’s significant other. This shows that Abigail really is out to kill or get Elizabeth away from Proctor. As you can …show more content…
By lying saying she sees things that aren’t present, hurting herself and blaming others for hurting her and saying other people’s spirits are hurting her, is how Abigail’s master mind plan to get John, falls together. “Stuck two inches in the flesh of her belly, he draw a needle out,” Cheever trembles to the Proctors. As Mary Warren finished sewing her poppet she stuck her needle into the belly of the poppet. Abigail, knowing that Mary was giving it to Elizabeth as a gift, stuck herself in the belly making it look like Elizabeth’s thing was to stick people in the belly. By Abigail’s lies, the whole town of Salem is being accused for no reason. After each lie, her lies become more and more believable for the judges, which makes it easier for the people of Salem to be