Crucible Internal Conflict

In The Crucible many characters throughout the play have internal and external conflicts. Many characters had changed during the play, but there was one character who experienced both conflicts that affected her greatly. Abigail Williams was a very important character in the story; she had many conflicts internally and externally. One external conflict she experienced which changed her was the conflict between John and Elizabeth Proctor. The conflict starts when Abigail and John have an affair, and Elizabeth finds out and fires Abigail. Abigail eventually fell in love with John and would do anything to be with him. Abigail then begins to make false accusations of witchcraft towards Elizabeth to put her in jail so she can be with John. This conflict contributes to the development of Abigail because at first Abigail just wanted John to leave Elizabeth, and Abigail didn’t want to harm Elizabeth. Later, as Abigail realizes John won’t leave her, she accuses Elizabeth of witchcraft, which puts Elizabeth in jail. John becomes furious and begins to hate Abigail and starts to tell the court that Abigail is faking being a victim of witchcraft. Now Abigail realizes that John will never be with her so she begins to develop a hatred
This internal conflict affects and changes not just Abigail’s personality but the whole story line. Due to her jealousy she puts many innocent people to jail. She puts Elizabeth in jail, and later on John. The jealousy Abigail has affected and changed the storyline. The external conflict that affected this internal conflict, was John and Abigail having an affair, and Abigail not being able to be with John because of Elizabeth. Due to her internal conflict of jealousy and her personal musings, she caused many external conflicts such as innocent people being sentenced to death. Due to her internal conflict the future of the story was unpredictable and was affected