Compare And Contrast Essay On The Crucible

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Former NASA trainer jumped through hoops to kill her husbands mistress. Shannon O’Roark Griffin drove two hundred and fifty miles to shoot and kill her husbands mistress. Shannon was devastated when her husband wouldn’t leave his mistress, Shannon later drove to the woman's house and shot her when she answered the door. Abigail Williams similarly tried to kill her lover's wife. After John Procter called it quits with Abigail she tried to murder his wife in the Salem Witch Trials. Others are able to get over an ex, Abigail on the other hand did not take that route. The crazily obsessed love struck teen refuses to get over an ex that does not truly love her. Abigail, the example of the ex that every ex trembled at the thought of. Abigail the …show more content…

The Puritan religion believed, worshippers who lied went to hell. Abigail though insane, can manipulate the minds of all these wise mentors. Her intelligence is shocking. She knew she couldn’t just come out and accuse Goody Proctor of witchcraft with their history. So, she came up with this whole plan to get Goody Proctor out of the picture. A plan which included killing a lot of the town's population until she could finally accuse Goody Proctor without the weight of others suspicions on her shoulders. The first time she lied, she almost cost Tituba her life. Occurring when Abigail accused Tituba, while Parris was pressing Abigail for answers about the night Betty fell into a deep slumber, stressful Abigail could not take the wrath of her uncle Parris, “She made me do it! She made Betty do it!” (482). Lying to her uncle saved her from a beating but the town suffered in the end. Abigails lying did not stop there, she continued to lie until the trial had ended due to the fact that no adults inhabited the town, most died during the …show more content…

She fell for a man who could never love her back, a man who manipulated her feelings and made her feel important. In a way remorse is felt for Abigail, she lost both of her parents, her uncle does not want her, the only love she gained came from John Proctor. Proctor gained some of the blame for Abigail's meltdown, he slept with her in the beginning. That does not give her a reason to become insane and do all of this, but it does give him some blame. Abigail fights John on this when he claims they would never happen. Abigail was in denial, “I know how you clutched my back behind your house and sweated like a stallion whenever I come near” (470). Even though her actions should not be excusable, John Proctor set her over the edge from her whole hectic life and that is seen in this

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