Olivia Sauer And Abigail Williams In The Crucible By Arthur Miller

Many people say all women are the same or all women are complicated, but that is not true. This is the generalization fallacy, also known as stereotyping, and it is an example of faulty logical thinking. People are diverse, even when they belong to similar categories. There is as much difference between categories as there are similarities. Olivia Sauer and Abigail Williams are both examples of women who are complex, incredibly varied individuals. In The Crucible, a play written by Arthur Miller, Williams shows who she really is. She is not as innocent as everyone believes she is. She has done some bad things. Williams’s heart is much colder than Sauer’s. No person is perfect, yet the moral transgressions of Williams far exceeds the

The older man was John Proctor. For the play, Proctor was in his thirties while as Williams was about seventeen. During the actual Salem witch trials, Proctor was about sixty and Williams was eleven or twelve (Wikipedia, “John Proctor”). In the play, Proctor was happily married with a wife and two sons. Williams was his house maid for him and Elizabeth Proctor, John Proctor’s wife, while she was sick. When Elizabeth Proctor got better, she told Williams she was no longer needed. During the time Elizabeth Proctor was sick, John Proctor and Williams had an affair, and Elizabeth did not know about it until the end of the play. When John tried telling Williams it was over she had a hard time comprehending it. Williams says to Proctor, “Give me a word, John. A soft word.” Proctor replies, “ No, no, Abby. That’s done with” (Miller, 176). Williams was not very happy about it being over. Proctor says, “Abby, I may think of you softly for time to time. But I will cut off my hand before I’ll ever reach for you again. Wipe it out of mind. We never touched, Abby” (177). During the time of the witch trials, nearly everyone was a Puritist. A purist is a person who adheres strictly and often excessively to a