Similarities Between Abigail Williams And John Proctor

Jessica Sicoe Mr. Urciuoli ENG3U1 31 May 2024.

Jealousy Leading to Personal Integrity: A Comparison of Abigail Williams and John Proctor in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible. Jealousy has the power to weaken one's personal integrity and drive behaviors that damage relationships. Arthur Miller's play The Crucible focuses on the contrasting desires and decisions of Abigail Williams and John Proctor, who both experience jealousy and struggle internally with the concept of personal integrity. Both John and Abigail experience intense jealousy that drives their actions in the play. In John's conversations with Abigail, he displays jealousy as he expresses frustration over her worrying emotions and his conflicting thoughts. The desire behind Abigail's actions

Abigail reveals her jealousy through her behavior by looking for revenge against Elizabeth to gain back her relationship with John. In Act 1, Abigail aggressively says “She is blackening my name in the village, she is telling lies about me! She is a cold sniveling woman and you bend to her! Miller 22. Abigail targets Elizabeth with accusations as she is jealous of Elizabeth's relationship with John. Her eagerness for revenge leads her to accuse Elizabeth of witchcraft, showing the detrimental impacts of jealousy and bitterness. In addition to Abigail putting Elizabeth's life at risk, her actions reflect how easily jealousy may affect and control people, causing them to behave dishonestly and selfishly. Despite being violent like Abigail, John's jealousy motivates him and his values as well as his loyalty towards Elizabeth. Although John struggles with his emotions, he eventually tries to be honest. Abigail, on the other hand, becomes bitter with her jealousy and accuses Elizabeth of witchcraft in an attempt for revenge. When Abigail uses her manipulation, the court punishes Elizabeth which Abigail sees as a sort of competition for John's love which reveals her jealousy