Abigail's Power In The Crucible

As far back as one can remember, men were always the strong and powerful ones when compared to a woman. Woman always seemed to be looked down upon when compared to men, and were expected to follow upon certain standards from others. Woman should not have been treated inferior; they should have been able to live their lives as they wanted, because they are no less than men. Looking back at the characters in The Crucible Abigail, Mary Warren, and Elizabeth, represent various unfair, rasping portrayals of a woman. Miller tries to show the readers that even though a woman was given great power, she would still be treated with a lack of respect. In the play The Crucible, Abigail is a young woman who gained a massive amount of power after being involved in some “witchcraft” with another group of girls. In our society having a large amount of power for a woman could be something to look up to, but Miler turned it into something negative in the play. Miller made Abigail into a selfish, manipulative, and powerful liar, who tries to make John come back to her, and uses her power to get rid of whomever she dislikes. …show more content…
Miller provided the readers with examples based upon the woman's lives in the play. Like Abigail, she gained a lot of power and was being disrespected for it but she surpassed it all. Elizabeth felt inferior to her husband at first, but later on the readers seee some growth from her character. Just like Elizabeth, the reader's notice a massive change from Mary Warren. At first she was whiny and couldn’t stand alone, but she ended up growing as a character by being more independent.Of course it was ideal for to others to expect specific things from woman, especially on how they supposed to act and think. Miller brings a bit of that into The Crucible but makes up for it towards the end, when we see the growth in the characters and their new life