Compare And Contrast Abigail Williams And Elizabeth Proctor

Some people think a lie will just fade away and nobody will find out but little do they know the truth always comes out. Lying only makes a situation worse not better and in this play it shows why lies can put you in a serious or dangerous situation. The Crucible written by Arthur Miller relates to the salem witch trials and is based on a small village that believes there are witches running around the village using witchcraft to turn people against god and sell themselves to the devil. In the beginning Mr.Parris, the father of Betty Parris is kneeling down beside his daughter Betty because he believes that the girls has used witchcraft and caused his daughter to behave strange. This leads him to question Abigail to find out what went on in

Opening Statement: Abigail Williams vs. Elizabeth Proctor May it please the court, counsel, members of the jury; this is a case of conspiracy of the murder of Elizabeth Proctor. You are here because in the spring of 1692, the defendant, Abigail Williams, committed the crime of conspiring to murder Elizabeth Proctor. It is the burden of the prosecution to prove to you beyond a reasonable doubt that Abigail Williams is guilty of plotting the murder of Elizabeth Proctor.

Abigail Williams, seventeen, a strikingly beautiful girl, an orphan, with endless capacity for dissembling. In the play, Abigail is motivated by her emotions and love for John Proctor, which goes with her theme of “emotions sometimes outweigh what we know through logic and simple intelligence, because she was crazy for his love. She was over driven by this and would do anything to be with him, knowing if she lied she could be hanged. This motivation is clearly stated when Betty woke up and started yelling. “You did, you did!

Comparison of Elizabeth Proctor with Abigail Williams in Arthur Miller's The Crucible Abigail Williams and Elizabeth Proctor, the leading female characters in 'The Crucible'. Both show determination in order to get what they want. Abigail, a cunning girl that is out for revenge, feels she has superiority over many of the other characters even though she is only a young girl. Elizabeth's character portrays a wife in distress after she finds out about her husband's affair, yet she still has courage throughout the play. She shows determination when she is in need of strength to keep her going, after Abigail accused her of witchcraft.

Although lying seems unimportant, it can be much more powerful than one might think. Arthur Miller’s tragic play The Crucible recites the story of the Salem Witch trials of 1692, in which the false accusations of a few young girls resulted in over 20 casualties. Many different characters, including Parris, Abigail, and John Proctor, hide the truth to preserve their reputations. Despite their diverse social statuses and positions, they each have something to hide. They constantly omit or deny things in their testimonies to save their names.

Lying leads to terrible tragedies. Lying for so long will create consequences and over time they will be difficult to overcome. Arthur Miller’s The Crucible takes place in Salem, Massachusetts, in the beginning of the 1692: Salem Witchcraft Trials. The story is centralized around John Proctor, a white, landowning Puritan, who betrays his wife, Elizabeth, by having sexual relations with Abigail Williams. Back in the day, everything was black and white, meaning if something is not about God then it must have been about the Devil, they were religious people and would not accept the fact that Proctor had sexual relations with someone else outside of his marriage. He denies that nothing ever happened between him and Abigail. While Proctor is not

The Crucible is play that helps to show human nature through a series of events linked through the Salem witch trials. In this play, a group of young teenagers would undermine the religious government and make a mockery of the Salem judicial system. Miller also shows human nature through the development of characters. Abigail Williams and Elizabeth Proctor are foils of each other and have many differences; they would also develop many similar traits.

When enduring the pressure of harsh trial and suffering, one can make or break their reputation. Lying so closely ties to reputation in the drama The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, that distinguishing between the two is almost impossible. However, there are different types of reputation lies being told in the play; such as, Abigail lying to hurt others and boost her reputation, or Mary Warren risking her reputation by telling the truth in order to save John and Elizabeth until she realizes the truth is only putting her life at risk. The fear of a negative reputation pushes people into dangerous situations where lying is the only safe option.

In the play, The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, many characters commit the sin of dishonesty, each with a different motive. The strict Puritan setting of the play often forces the characters to compromise their honesty because they feel as though their only solution is to lie. Even though Abigail and John Proctor did have an affair, Proctor denies the .Everyone will lie to save their life.Abigail,Proctor,and the rest of the girls are some of the people that lie.

to Abigail and part of him still wants to be with her. But John is not

In society, we are blind to lies that are taking place around us everyday. Small lies, big lies, lies right in front of our face, and we are oblivious to almost all of it. This is shown really well in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible. Throughout the play, which takes place during the witch trials that took place in Salem, lies make up a big portion of the plot. Some of these types of lies that are used are described very well in Stephanie Ericsson’s essay The Ways We Lie. These variations of lies amplify the outrage created, through McCarthyism, and the Salem Witch trials that take place in the play The Crucible.

In The Crucible by Arthur Miller dishonesty plays a huge role in the major conflicts. The plot of the story revolves around dishonesty. It is the lies spread by the people of Salem themselves that stand as cause for the trials in the first place. And it is the lies of Salem citizens that keep those trials going.

People are often told that lying is the wrong thing to do; it is evil, inhumane, and overall terrible. Despite this fact, lying has been shown to hand people multiple benefits. These benefits can be anything from getting out of doing house chores to looking cool in front of classmates. Because of this, many people use this form of deception to remove themselves from unwanted problems in the community. The Crucible, a play written Arthur Miller, portrays a disrupted society where people are accused of witchcraft for any abnormal activity. The accused witches are either forced to “confess” to their involvement with witchcraft or be executed in the gallows. The characters in the play display to the readers that lying provides protection towards people in different ways.

Elizabeth still questions John’s loyalty throughout the play. Elizabeth comes off as an outspoken women and that isn’t really supported in the Puritan society. When convicted of witchcraft she doesn’t fight with the men because she knows she hasn’t done anything wrong. Even though she tries to do what she thinks is the best for John, she ends up saying the wrong thing and Abigail isn’t punished. Elizabeth ends up being pregnant and the trials end before she has her baby so she survives.

Comparing and Contrasting the Roles and Characteristics of Elizabeth Proctor and Abigail Williams in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible