Blog Number 2

     Towards the beginning of the story, we learn that two of the main characters, Abigail and Proctor, had had an affair in the year before.  Though Abigail is still in love with John Proctor, John is done with Abigail and is content with his wife Elizabeth.  Abigail is outraged by this which seems to be why she became a witch in the first place.  She drank blood whilst worshipping the devil in order to order Elizabeth to be killed.  Elizabeth hated Abigail for the affair and talks trash about her any chance she can get.  Both characters, Elizabeth and Abigail are extremely deceitful in the book.  Abigail literally ordered the devil to kill Elizabeth, and Elizabeth accuses Abigail of being a witch, which would inevitably result in her death.
     All the characters seem to care about is themselves.  At the end of the ACT 1, Abigail and Betty awaken from their 'trance' and start yelling out names of people who were with them when they worshipped the devil.  They realized that everyone knew they had done what they had done, so they decided to throw other people as scapegoats in front of them so they would not get the brunt of the blow.  "I saw Goody Hawkins with the Devil! I saw Goody Bibber with the Devil! I saw Goody Booth with the Devil!" (Miller 46).   In calling out others names, they are not trying to redeem themselves for their own morals, but rather to redeem themselves in the public eye.  That is all they cared about, and they were willing to ruin others reputations and possibly even get others killed just so they could possible stay exempt from the hatred and unfair treatment.
     Abigail is introduced in the book as being a "strikingly beautiful girl" (Miller 6) which to me seems to make her sounds like a 'good guy' or a protagonist, but in actuality, she is one of the ring leaders calling the shots on the witch ceremonies.  The reader's opinion on her quickly shifts from a positive motivational feeling to a disgraced sad feeling.  She is portrayed incorrectly at the beginning of the story and quickly proves that she was so, by betraying other witches, attempting to order Elizabeth to be killed, along with lying, and potential discrediting of her uncle.