Abigail's Jealousy In The Crucible
An old friend’s jealous caused a problem in my life at the beginning of freshman year. She was secretly upset over the fact that I had developing a rapid friendship with a girl in our class, that just so happened to be her best friend. My new friend and I were always hanging out because we found that we had a lot in common, and we would invite the old friend, who would always say no. Eventually, she began to gossip and say how I was a horrible friend to her and telling everyone how I took her best friend from her because I apparently wanted to ruin her life by taking away all her friends. As the new friend and I got closer and closer, I began to learn more about her and her life. I found out that her parents were going through a divorce and she was feeling responsible for all their fighting since it was mostly about her process in school. In desperate need to try to lift her sprits and self-confidence, I thought it would be
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Abigail’s jealousy played a huge part of the port. Her jealousy for Elizabeth Proctor turned quite deadly, first when she tried to make a charm to kill her and her jealousy plays a part in the second act as well. Mary Warren comes in from a day at court about to get whipped to take the devil out of her, when she confesses that she saved Elizabeth’s life that day. Elizabeth’s thoughts immediately go to Abigail accusing her and says “she wants me dead. I knew all week it would come to this” (Miller 60). When John tells her to calm down because Mary Warren help dismiss the accusation, she cried out “and what of tomorrow? She will cry me out until they take me” (Miller 60). She tells John how Abigail “thinks to kill me, then to take my place” (Miller 61). Later the Marshal shows up to arrest Elizabeth Proctor for witchcraft, John asked who accused her, and he said “why, Abigail Williams charge her” (Miller 73). Abigail’s jealousy for caused a problem in the Proctor’s family
Abigail’s jealousy played a huge part of the port. Her jealousy for Elizabeth Proctor turned quite deadly, first when she tried to make a charm to kill her and her jealousy plays a part in the second act as well. Mary Warren comes in from a day at court about to get whipped to take the devil out of her, when she confesses that she saved Elizabeth’s life that day. Elizabeth’s thoughts immediately go to Abigail accusing her and says “she wants me dead. I knew all week it would come to this” (Miller 60). When John tells her to calm down because Mary Warren help dismiss the accusation, she cried out “and what of tomorrow? She will cry me out until they take me” (Miller 60). She tells John how Abigail “thinks to kill me, then to take my place” (Miller 61). Later the Marshal shows up to arrest Elizabeth Proctor for witchcraft, John asked who accused her, and he said “why, Abigail Williams charge her” (Miller 73). Abigail’s jealousy for caused a problem in the Proctor’s family