The Crucible John Proctor Obsession

The majority of teenage girls in the 21st century will claim to anyone who will listen that they are someone’s biggest fan, a total fangirl. Usually, this group or person becomes their main obsession, and everything they do revolves around them. Fangirls truly believe that they are the person’s soul mate, even though the obsession may not know it. Contrary to popular belief, fangirls have actually been around for hundreds of years, including back in the Puritan times of 1692. One of the biggest fangirls of all time, Abigail Williams, a 17 year old girl, was completely and utterly obsessed with a man she once had an affair with, John Proctor. Abigail Williams, the main driving force of the play, does everything because of one sole man, John Proctor. …show more content…
The only way to live out her picture perfect world is to eliminate the only obstacle of her happily ever after fairy tale, Elizabeth. She goes so far as conjuring up spells and dancing in the woods naked with a group of girls. Abigail tries to conceal the fact that she “drank a charm to kill John Proctor’s wife!” (Miller 19). Abigail truly believed that John was meant to be hers, especially when she says, “You loved me, John Proctor, and whatever sin it is, you love me yet!...John, pity me, pity me!” (Miller 24). In order to avoid punishment for practicing witchcraft and attempted murder, Abigail takes the spotlight off of herself, and blames a group of girls of witchcraft. Despite the fact that this is a monomaniacal action, in Abigail’s eyes, it made perfect