Thursday, December 3, 2009

“You [Abigail] a charm to kill John Procter’s wife! You drank a charm to kill Goody Procter!” (Miller 19).

A lot of characters in this book seem to be living under a blanket. Everyone has something to hide. The most chocking person was Abigail; in the beginning of the scene she appeared to be an honest girl who is caught up in a bad situation when she was talking to her uncle. As soon as he leaves her one can notice a big swift in her character. Her image changed from an innocent young woman devious child. First we find out that her name is not as white as she claims. They were in the woods practicing some type of witchcraft and she drank blood to kill John Procter’s wife. John Procter seemed to have an attraction for and when she wife figured it out she threw out the girl. Abigail is someone that should not be trusted. She seems to take things to an extreme. If, she is willing to kill someone for her husband that means she is nothing but deceitful person and know one really know what she has the ability to do; especially now that her name is being tainted and her purity is being questioned.

“Thomas Putnam, or that his name is so often found as a witness corroborating the supernatural testimony” (15).

Thomas Putnam has a sketchy personality. It is like he has his own agenda and will through anyone under the bus to obtain his goal. He is probably going to be the one to first cry out witchcraft to the whole town or at least testify against his fellow neighbors. He wants to push Parris to do that because he seems like he resents him for his position. Also, if he accuses him of wrong doing it will be the easiest way to get rid of them. Even if Parris is trying disregard the idea that his child might had fallen victim of the Devil, Mr. Putnam seems to bring back the idea every time. Even uses his daughter’s illness as way to reinforce that idea in his mind.

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