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The Significance of Abigail and Elizabeth

 

            The Significance of Abigail and Elizabeth .
            
             There comes a time in everyone's life where they are faced to make a choice or a .
             decision, a decision where they must choose between the path of good and evil, and right .
             from wrong. It is discretely fascinating that even people such as the Puritans, who led an .
             intensely strict life, encountered upon decision such as these. Like for example, in the .
             book The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, to which the highly manipulative, conniving and .
             mischievous Abigail Williams distinctively chose evil over good, and wrong discarding .
             right . And then there was the respectful, affectionate and befitting Elizabeth Proctor, .
             who particularly embarked upon choosing good from evil and right instead of wrong. .
             Although individuals can tremendously differ from one another, like Abigail and Elizabeth, .
             they can nevertheless desire the same object, and in their circumstance, their desire was .
             John Proctor.
             Abigail Williams was not like any of the girls in Salem, Massachusetts, in fact she .
             was an outcast, whose vindictive, self-centered and intimidating personality captured and .
             overpowered the minds of innocent girls that led to the mendacious accusations and .
             frenzied witch hunts. "Uncle we did dance; let you tell them I confessed -and I"ll be wiped .
             if I must be," (page 9) displayed Abigail rebelling against the repressed Puritan upbringing, .
             by dancing in the woods. By committing this insolence she gained total control and power .
             over the girls and commanded them to do as she ordered or she would castigate them in .
             the most sever and excruciating methods perpetually imagined. The girls had no way out .
             so they were forced to comply and live by her rules. .
             The following quote: "I saw Goody Hawkins with the Devil!," (page 46) represents .
             Abigail's mendacious disposition as she commences allegations of witch craft. Deception .
             was one of her most powerful tactics since that was how she dazzled people over at her .


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