Examples Of Revenge In The Crucible

In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible is a portrayal of how revenge runs in among people to discrete them and ruin each other’s image. Leading accusation after accusation, they end up with personal gain of some sort. Jealousy possesses the habitants in Salem to turn on each other in order to achieve their own intentions. Young Abigail Williams secretly had an affair with her former boss, John Proctor; however he is married to Elizabeth Proctor. Once Elizabeth discovers the affair, she forces Abigail out of their house and fires her. Because of her termination, in anger Abigail believes that Elizabeth is “telling lies about {her}” and that Proctor is still in love with her. Abigail claims to him that Elizabeth is a “cold, sniveling woman”, he then tells Elizabeth of what she told him. Prior to this, Abigail’s uncle Reverend Parris had discovered her and other girls dancing

However, he very much open to the idea of ruining lives of those who have ‘wronged’ him, in order to prove his own excellency. Once Salem cried of witchcraft, his daughter falsely accuses their neighbor, then Mr. “Jacobs hangs for a witch”, so he is forced to “forfeit up his property” or land . Putnam then buys it to expand his farm. This gives Putnam an idea to accuse other neighbors for land as well, including the Nurse and Corey family. Goody Putnam does envy Rebecca Nurse for the many offspring that Rebecca has had, Putnam herself miscarrying about 8 children and so blames Rebecca of the “superior murder of Goody Putnam’s babies”, also arresting her. Thomas Putnam then tell the court of Martha Corey would warn about maintaining the pigs she sold and claims if not, “[people couldn’t] keep the pigs alive for weeks” and she “bewitched them”. To both women’s defense, their husbands Giles Corey and Francis Nurse try to clear their names, just to be challenged by