Vengeance According to Chinese Proverbs, “He who seeks vengeance must dig two graves: one for his enemy and one for himself.” This quote helps justify that vengeance doesn’t only harm your enemy, it also harms yourself. One who seeks vengeance can be so corrupt by seeking it upon their enemy, that it may start to also corrupt their own self. In Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible, Abigail Williams is so set on seeking vengeance on Elizabeth Proctor and the other town’s people, that it starts to take over her and affect her ability to rationalize her decision making. Vengeance can cause people to be so motivated by their own hate that their decision making and decisions become unrationalized.
When someone is vengeful, they usually have a motivation for it. Abigail has many motivations, the main one being to keep her name in the town of Salem clean. …show more content…
“She sends her spirit on me in church; she makes me laugh at prayer.” (Arthur Miller’s The Crucible), by doing this, Abigail completely twists the outcome of what will happen in the courtroom. When she gets all the other girls to join in, it makes it twice as believable and people start to think of Mary as the bad person. By making this choice, Abigail sets herself on a high pedestal as a poor victimized girl and brings Mary down by accusing her of witchcraft. Abigail also makes the choice to accuse Elizabeth Proctor of witchcraft. Just by this choice, you can tell that Abigail is a very selfish, manipulative, and vindictive person who will stop at nothing to get what she wants. This choice of hers causes an immense strain on John which is ironic because she loves him and you’d think that you’d want what’s best for the one you love without hurting them. The choices Abigail makes show her true self. She is one of the most important characters that causes many twists and turns in the plot because of her
When someone is vengeful, they usually have a motivation for it. Abigail has many motivations, the main one being to keep her name in the town of Salem clean. …show more content…
“She sends her spirit on me in church; she makes me laugh at prayer.” (Arthur Miller’s The Crucible), by doing this, Abigail completely twists the outcome of what will happen in the courtroom. When she gets all the other girls to join in, it makes it twice as believable and people start to think of Mary as the bad person. By making this choice, Abigail sets herself on a high pedestal as a poor victimized girl and brings Mary down by accusing her of witchcraft. Abigail also makes the choice to accuse Elizabeth Proctor of witchcraft. Just by this choice, you can tell that Abigail is a very selfish, manipulative, and vindictive person who will stop at nothing to get what she wants. This choice of hers causes an immense strain on John which is ironic because she loves him and you’d think that you’d want what’s best for the one you love without hurting them. The choices Abigail makes show her true self. She is one of the most important characters that causes many twists and turns in the plot because of her