Compare And Contrast Elizabeth Proctor And Abigail Williams

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The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, has two distinctive, female characters. The first character is someone who can trick others to get the man of her dreams, while the second character is very honest and has never told a lie in her life. They both love the same man, but they have different reasons. These two characters are Abigail Williams and Elizabeth Proctor. They both have similar and different qualities about them that make them unique. In the Crucible, Abigail is the deceitful teenager and Elizabeth is the innocent wife. Abigail Williams is a very clever, girl who can manipulate anyone she wants. A good example of this is when she is threatening her friends not to tell what they did in the woods. She says this, “And mark this—let either…show more content…
They both are in love with the same man. They both see something in John, which keeps them interested with him. Elizabeth is married to John Proctor, while Abigail was just a one-time thing. Elizabeth continues to love her husband, even when he is an adulterer. While Abigail is in love with John, he is not in love with her. Arthur Miller shows us that Abigail still loves John with her saying, "Give me a word, John. A soft word." (The Crucible, I.14 ) He told her in return, "Abby, you'll put it out of mind. I'll not be comin' for you more. You know me better." (The Crucible, I.14) When John tells Abigail this, he is showing his love with Elizabeth, not Abigail, which angers Abigail. Throughout the play, they both tell lies. Abigail first tells the lie “No one was naked! You mistake yourself, Uncle!” (The Crucible, I.9) Then she goes on and accuses Tituba of witchcraft to cover her trail of lies, starting from dancing naked in the forests to Elizabeth stabbing the poppet with the needle. Elizabeth is just as bad with her only lie. When she is asked to answer a question about the affair with her husband and Abigail, she lies to protect him. She is thinking if she tells the court the truth, then she is going to lose

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