Compare And Contrast Essay On The Crucible

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

damaged homewrecking lying heartbroken teen, destroyed an entire town in hopes of catching the eyes of an unloving man.
Set in Salem, Massachusetts, Abigail has grown up in an unstable household. Her gruesome childhood created her damaged life. Abigail witnessed her parents murders. The bashing of her parents heads happened in front of Abigail. That moment affected her and she has not let anyone in Salem forget it. Abigail proceeded to threaten the girls who performed the ritual with Abigail and Tituba, “you know I can do it; I saw Indians smash my dear parents' heads on the pillow next to mine” (468). This horrific moment in her life could have impacted her fear with losing John. Knowing how easily her parents got taken away from her she just wanted to fill the hole where her parents once filled.
Abigail later moved in with the Proctor family where the affair started. If only John would have known this would result in him risking his life for a good time. Though she is damaged, she is also a Homewrecker. From this point Abigail grew crazy, she fell in love with John and the human civilization is notorious for doing crazy things in the name of love. Even months after the affair Abigail still reaches out to John “You loved me, John Proctor, and whatever sin it is, you love me yet! John, pity me, pity me!” (471). When Goody Proctor ordered John to get rid of Abigail she moved in with her uncle. This is when things got hideous. The Salem Trials are a well known topic today in our world, they begin with Abigail being the puppet master to it all. Abigail the murderer, killed all of these innocent civilians because she wanted attention. Once she saw what she could get from this little lie she held on tight until Mary and John opened the eyes of the judges. She killed these people just so she could get rid of Goody Proctor, she believed she could gain John’s love this way.
Additionally the damaged teen, the Homewrecker, and finally the lair.

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

trials.
Abigail, the damaged, the Homewrecker, the liar, and adding on the heartbroken.

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

scene.
The love Abigail felt Proctor caused her to become the damaged homewrecking heartbroken lair she portrayed. Just like Shannon who killed her husband's mistress because he had left Shannon for her. Historians believe Abigail was actually eleven years old when this whole situation went down. In today's modern world, no eleven year old could encounter a situation like that and come out the same. Because of characters like Abigail America has learned from these mistakes. So, Miller’s goal has been reached. History will not repeat itself if he has anything to do with it. Anyone in Abigail's shoes would turn insane, it just depends on when and to what extent. For Abigail it happened early and intensely.