The Crucible Diary Entry Analysis

It’s now been eight days; eight days since the beginning of this madness. Eight days of hysteria in our beloved town and now I must call upon you again, Abigail, for the final time. It all started those eight long days ago, when I visited Reverend Parris, your uncle, in the heart of Salem. I came to visit your sick cousin Betty as I had heard she was ill. However, I got more than I bargained for and left as quickly as I came. When I first saw your cousin Betty I was in shock; not shocked that Betty was ill, but shocked that the townspeople dare cry witchcraft. I, like a handful of others, see little truth in this, and I am sure your uncle shares the same feelings. In addition, I also remember our conversation and the words that were
The stunts you have pulled in the last eight days have put him in a position that could potentially make him lose his job. Already his reputation has been stained by your confession to doing the devil's work. I am not one to care deeply about your uncle, but I bid you look deep in your heart and see what pain you have brought him. Remember child you are lucky to have a family at all. If not for your beloved uncle Parris you might be familyless. When you were left orphaned; when the Indians killed your parents; who took you in? Who cared for you in your greatest time of need? It was your uncle Parris. He saved you from life alone. Now you repay him with a potentially career ending scandal. Look what you have done to you dear cousin Betty. You have put her through nights of terror and fear of being caught and seen by her uncle in the woods. You have scared her nearly to death. She is scared for her life something that cannot be reversed. Abigail you have hurt your family. You have caused them stress and turmoil they do not deserve. You have caused them to question themselves and you as truly Christian. You have ruined their names. However there is one way you can set things right; confess. You must tell the court the truth tell them what you actually did. Confess that you and solely you participated in witchcraft. You have to set things straight. You must tell the court that you and solely you
We are talking parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, brothers, and sisters. All people who are loved by their family, and people whose families cannot function the same without. You must see the horror you have brought upon hundreds of families in our great town of Salem. Those that admit to the accusations save their own life, but merely pass on the pain you have brought the town, and their reputations are ruined.. You have created a calamity in our town one that has now reached levels that make it uncontrollable. You have brought out the worst of our town by making witchcraft a quick and easy means for revenge. If you become suspected simply place the blame onto your worst enemy; you survive and give your enemy the same fate that was passed onto you. You have created an evil even greater in our town than witchcraft; it is revenge. Now revenge runs free in Salem just as you intended it to sweeping across our town like a wildfire. You have condemned now thirty nine people soon to almost double as the blame game is continued. How can you sit by and watch thirty nine innocent people face trial in court for a crime you know they did not commit? You have endangered these people's lives and have already sent one to the gallows. How can you live with yourself knowing you have