The Crucible
Desire
In “The Crucible” by Author Miller, several characters feel the seduction of power leading to absorbing it and taking over all that needed to be free. Through out the entire story, Abligail becomes insanely infatuated with stringing along power that she once had, continuous affairs with John Proctor so she can be see as someone much more superior then all other villagers in the village. Abigails uncle, an old merchant in Barbandos who was very successful, also has a desire to control the entire village so he can become the Puritan minister. Another member of Salem who is seeking to have power is Putnam, he exploits the entire trial in hope that he gains land from all the accused families in the witch trial. Each one of these people do anything and everything they can to get what they want, power. The huge desire for all this power brings them to extreme measures , wrongful blaming in the entire witch Salem witch trial because for every action there is a consequence.
In the world we call Abligail’s, she believes that her and Proctor are soul mates, and once they are actually together there entire world will be complete. In the first act, Abigail and Proctor find themselves alone where they start an converstation that only Abigail would find enlighting, she cries “ I look for John Proctor that took me from my sleep and put knowledge in my heart…”(Miller 24). Abigail is convinced Proctor is a road to power and she will do whatever it takes to obtain him. In her eyes, Proctor is some man who showed her something that changed her life and she can never really run from. Abigail becomes so obsessive with the fact that this “relationship” is so real, she ends up framing Elizabeth into being part of the witch trial. When she does this, she attempts to get everyone to stop signing with the devil until Elizabeth is murdered. After she achieves this, she is looked upon by herself, as a respected women.
Abigails Uncle, who goes by the name Paris, is very similar
In “The Crucible” by Author Miller, several characters feel the seduction of power leading to absorbing it and taking over all that needed to be free. Through out the entire story, Abligail becomes insanely infatuated with stringing along power that she once had, continuous affairs with John Proctor so she can be see as someone much more superior then all other villagers in the village. Abigails uncle, an old merchant in Barbandos who was very successful, also has a desire to control the entire village so he can become the Puritan minister. Another member of Salem who is seeking to have power is Putnam, he exploits the entire trial in hope that he gains land from all the accused families in the witch trial. Each one of these people do anything and everything they can to get what they want, power. The huge desire for all this power brings them to extreme measures , wrongful blaming in the entire witch Salem witch trial because for every action there is a consequence.
In the world we call Abligail’s, she believes that her and Proctor are soul mates, and once they are actually together there entire world will be complete. In the first act, Abigail and Proctor find themselves alone where they start an converstation that only Abigail would find enlighting, she cries “ I look for John Proctor that took me from my sleep and put knowledge in my heart…”(Miller 24). Abigail is convinced Proctor is a road to power and she will do whatever it takes to obtain him. In her eyes, Proctor is some man who showed her something that changed her life and she can never really run from. Abigail becomes so obsessive with the fact that this “relationship” is so real, she ends up framing Elizabeth into being part of the witch trial. When she does this, she attempts to get everyone to stop signing with the devil until Elizabeth is murdered. After she achieves this, she is looked upon by herself, as a respected women.
Abigails Uncle, who goes by the name Paris, is very similar