had three sons. His wife had been sick for quite a while after giving birth to their last son. She became distant for a little while and John started to lust after another woman named Abigail. John had an affair with Abigail. He soon later deeply regretted the affair and stopped his relationship with Abigail. Abigail did not want to end her relationship with John. She claimed that she had fallen in love with him and how he loved her, “You loved me, John Proctor, and whatever sin it is, you love me
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Act One of The Crucible introduces a love triangle between John Proctor, his wife Elizabeth, and Abigail, their former servant. This results in a strained relationship for all involved and has a negative effect on all three characters as it costs Abigail her job and reputation, and it leads to a series of possible problems for the Proctor’s marriage. Abigail is introduced in The Crucible as a character who has an “endless capacity for dissembling” (9) As the former servant for the Proctor family
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man in Salem, but he has two tragic flaws, his affair with Abigail Williams and the decision of giving up his life than signing his name for a confession to witchcraft which would ruin is dignity. John Proctor is a tragic hero because even though he is an upright and good man, he has tragic flaws throughout the play. John Proctor’s first flaw started before the play begins when John’s wife, Elizabeth was sick and lonely he looked to Abigail. His lust for
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may be triggered by interpersonal differences, which can produce damaged relationships, loss of productivity, decreased job satisfaction, and lowered morale (Cahn & Abigail, 2014; McKenzie, 2015). Stress is the emotional or intellectual response by someone to a perceived threat in his or her workplace or personal life (Cahn & Abigail, 2014; McKenzie, 2015). In many cases stress can result in workplace conflict. Not all work-place conflict can be resolved without third-party intervention. A third-party
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or their name ruined. Everyone from Thomas Putnam, a land owner greedy for land, to Abigail Williams, a teenager involved in adultery, accused others due to personal rivalries and grudges. Abigail Williams is most known for accusing Elizabeth Proctor, a religious woman and wife of the man with whom Abigail had the affair. When Elizabeth hears of the incident, she immediately fires Abigail, which leads Abigail to believe that Elizabeth is cold and callous. Abigail’s jealousy of Elizabeth leads
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There are many characters that could be to blame. Whether it be John Proctor or Reverend Parris. There is only one character whom possess the traits to pull off something like this and not get into trouble. This would be Abigail. In Arthur Miller’s play “The Crucible” Abigail uses her flaws lust, mendacity, and vengefulness to her advantage. As the play first starts off, Parris is praying over Betty while waiting on Doctor Griggs diagnoses. Susanna Walcott comes to talk about Doctor Griggs findings
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suspects witchcraft. Even though Betty’s cousin, Abigail Williams, recognizes that the illness is the result of fear and not black magic, she begins blaming innocent people of collaborating with the devil. This quote by Joseph Conrad expresses his thought that a supernatural source of evil is not necessary and that humankind is entirely capable of the depravity in
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The Crucible was a story with a wide range of characters. Not only appearance wise but, with different personalities. Many characters in this play thought differently from one and other. That is why this book had a few "twists and turns" to the story. In my profiles, I will display many different characters and their different mentality. First I will start with Mr. John Proctor, a.k.a. "shoulder checker". John Proctor had always things on his mind. People were always on his mind. John Proctor
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conflictions of Proctor and Abigail Abigail and Proctor are two iconic characters from the Crucible who had a lustful relationship between each other that continued to grow until Elizabeth Proctor dismissed Abigail from their service. Proctor felt ashamed for his sin and sought to undo the wrong doings by trying his best to make amends. Abigail still had feelings for Proctor and would try her best to get rid of Elizabeth, even if it meant breaking a couple of god’s laws. Abigail began her campaign
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Crucible” the tragedy that occurred all started due to the reason that Abigail wanted to kill the wife of the man she loves. However, things didn’t play out the way Abigail intended do to the reason she was accused of being a witch, but she learn how to use that to her advantage by accusing every one of being a witch and being seen with Lucifer. When she came up with that idea she accused John Procter’s wife of being a witch. Abigail believed that when the wife of John Procter is died the love of her
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