The Crucible “Be careful not to mistake insecurity and inadequacy for humility! Humility has nothing to do with the insecure and inadequate.” In today’s society people can be insecure about anything especially when it comes to relationships, societal expectations, or just the way we perceive ourselves compared to others. Elizabeth Proctor started to blame herself and become insecure over her husbands morbid act of Infidelity, and Abigail Williams became insecure over John Proctor choosing his wife Elizabeth rather than her. In The Crucible by Arthur Miller, there was many signs of so called “witchcraft” which had led to many false accusations of this crime that caused many unnecassary hangings of numerous people. Abigail and Elizabeth are …show more content…
As abigail says to the other girls “And mark this. Let either of you breathe a word, or the edge of a word, about the other things, and I will come to you in the black of some terrible night and I will bring a pointy reckoning that will shudder you.(Act 1) In this quote abigail is threatening and controlling these young girls to not say one word about anything or else she would kill them. Abigail and the girls got caught in the woods and abigail took charge in attempt to cover up what they were actually doing, with this she threatens the girls to speak of nothing. This quote shows how intimidating and controlling Abigail can be; she threatened to kill these girls if they said anything she was not okay with. As Elizabeth states to her husband John Proctor, “I do not judge you. The magistrate sits in your heart that judges you. I never thought you but a good man”. (Act 2) Elizabeth was telling John that she does not judge him. The only person that judges him is himself. John feels extremely guilty for cheating on Elizabeth and this goes against them being puritans; As Elizabeth has forgaven John for cheating on her, she is saying that the only person left that has to forgive him is himself. From this we can see the difference between Abigail and Elizabeth but another difference is how they handle their …show more content…
As abigail states “She sends her spirit on me in church; she makes me laugh at prayer” Abigail is referring to Tituba and how Tituba sends the devils spirit to her in church. When Abigail is accused of witchcraft she does not own up to her mistakes of her attempt to summon the devil; She blames Tituba for her intolerable behavior. Abigail is a very Selfish person who hurt others numerous times to save herself. As Elizabeth states to the court “But in my sickness you see sir, I were a long time sick after my last baby, and I thought I saw my husband somewhat turning on me.” Elizabeth had gotten postpartum depression after her last baby, this left her very sick. Elizabeth blames herself for Johns cheating; She blames herslef due to being so sick and unable to show John any affection. This shows how hard Elizabeth is on herself; she can not control her depression yet she still defends John no matter the circumstance. Abigail is overall a very selfish and disobedient teen who wants everything her way and will not accept anything less and Elizabeth can be too selfless and blames everything on