In conclusion, this story contained a lot of revenge within it, all the revenge was very unfair towards the people it was used against. This continued for a very long time so Putnam felt very powerful himself so he got very happy every time he got to accuse someone because he knew he would get to buy the land after. Like I said before he accused everyone or the people he tried to accuse they were from Salem so his revenge was towards the people in Salem. If Jacobs hangs for a witch he forfeits up his property that’s law! And there is none but Putnam with the coin to by so great a piece.(page.97) What Thomas Putnam did was once the person was accused then once they were either hung to death or just sentenced to jail he would just simply buy all their land off. Thirdly, Thomas Putnam accused people through his daughter Ruth of witchcraft the people they accused were all from Salem. Ann Putnam was extremely afraid because she didn’t want anything bad to happen to her last child that she had so this made her take caution.
There is a murderous witch among us (page.17)įor murder, she was charged! So she was charged with murdering the marvelous babies. Goody nurse The Lord knows I have not hurt them. Her thinking goody nurse was a witch made her kill her children purposely. Abigail mentioned Elizabeth’s name at the court which ends up sending her to jail taking her out of the picture like she wanted and ends up killing John Proctor with her filthy lies.Secondly, revenge was highly shown by Ann Putnam and Rebecca Nurse. Abigail started to understand that while Elizabeth is alive she will never have a chance with Proctor again.
Abigail, I will cut my hand off before it can ever reach you again (page.24).
After the affair, John didn’t want anything to do with Abigail no more while Abigail was still dangerously in love with him. Her revenge continues in the way of her telling John lies about Elizabeth to make Elizabeth seem like a lair and Abigail like a good person. “Revenge in “The Crucible” by Arthur Miller”Ībigail Williams came to the point where she wants Proctor’s wife Elizabeth dead so she can have John Proctor to herself.
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