How was Abigail Williams and Joseph McCarthy motives alike? What did they believe was right?Abigail Williams from the play The Crucible was an important character. She had many beliefs, motives and a very selfish behavior. On the other hand Joseph McCarthy from Good Night and Good Luck had some similarities with Abigail but not all are the same. His behavior,beliefs and motives were a bit similar. In the play there was a lot of lies that took place just to get away with something. Abigail Williams behavior wasn’t age appropriate. She would always lie because that was the only way she would get what she wanted. For example Abigail had accused Elizabeth of witchcraft because she was in love with John Proctor, Elizabeth’s husband. By Elizabeth …show more content…
She makes Marry Warren too lie just to get what she wants. At the court Abigail made Marry lie to Danforth. “ I cannot lie no more. I am with God, I am with God’. this quote was spoken by Marry Warren in act 3 page 107. Abigail is a selfish and manipulative. She makes other people do things for her. That way is more obvious to people believe what she is saying is true. She never wants to take responsibility of her own actions and that's another reason why she lies and makes people lie just because she wants to be covered. Abigail's belief is that she always wants to be right on the choices she makes. She thinks that she has the right to be right and always wants attention. She wants everyone to see her as a good girl. Which she isn’t. All she wants is basically for everyone to be on her side. Abigail wants people to like her. She tried everything to make a good impression, especially to proctor. Joseph McCarthy made members of the film and theatre members to confess about communist activities.When Americans feared about communist takeover were very high,Joseph came and made then to the extreme. As Mccarthy won the reelection to be senator, he had no support from the congress. Then people started to believe in