One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest And The Crucible Analysis
Her desire to be with John Proctor after their affair fueled her decision to falsely accuse Elizabeth Proctor of witchcraft in hopes of getting her sentenced to death. Abigail “achieves awesome evil because of her firm resolution to lose everyone to her vicious purposes and her dangerous ability to pervert the sacred task of bearing witness.”(Aziz and Al Qunayeer 242) By “pervert[ing] the sacred task of bearing witness” in the court, she obtained power in a society where women essentially didn’t have any(Aziz and Al Qunayeer 242). Ironically, this power she obtained came from Judge Danforth and the court, who like most of the men in a Puritan society would scoff at the idea that a woman could influence or fool them. However, the men in the court were duped into unknowingly giving a young girl the power to select who she wants to be killed. When Judge Danforth and the court eventually realized the error of their ways, they refused to do anything to rectify it in fear that the town of Salem would lose respect and faith in them as men who are supposed to uphold the teachings of God and bring about justice in the