What Are The Seven Deadly Sins In The Crucible

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The Seven Deadly Sins: The Crucible
In The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, Abigail’s sins of lust, envy, and wrath help cause the witch trials. The seven deadly sins are sins that the ideal human tries not to commit. They include sloth, pride, gluttony, greed, wrath, envy, and lust. Abigail Williams had committed most of these. She had committed Lust by having an affair with John Proctor. After he had gone back to his wife she had started to be come sad and lonely. She stared to miss him and became very envious over Elizabeth Proctor. Her jealousy leads to her wrath over the fact that they could not be together. Abigail committed the sin of lust by having an affair with John Proctor. Lust is having a very strong sexual desire towards someone.

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