When I first started reading Act 1 I was a little confused on what was happening but eventually I was able to get into the story. The first thing I noticed while reading was just how important religion is in the town of Salem. The person that creates the most trouble in the story is Abigail. She lies when she says they were not dancing in the woods. Also she denies that they engaged in witchcraft when they ask what happened to Betty. This shows that Abigail is not capable of facing the consequences for what she did but instead must lie about it. As the story continues it was easy to tell that Abigail was jealous of John and Elizabeth. John spends time with Abigail which causes Elizabeth to lose faith in him and this is just what Abigail wants,
