The only way to live out her picture perfect world is to eliminate the only obstacle of her happily ever after fairy tale, Elizabeth. She goes so far as conjuring up spells and dancing in the woods naked with a group of girls. Abigail tries to conceal the fact that she “drank a charm to kill John Proctor’s wife!” (Miller 19). Abigail truly believed that John was meant to be hers, especially when she says, “You loved me, John Proctor, and whatever sin it is, you love me yet!...John, pity me, pity me!” (Miller 24). In order to avoid punishment for practicing witchcraft and attempted murder, Abigail takes the spotlight off of herself, and blames a group of girls of witchcraft. Despite the fact that this is a monomaniacal action, in Abigail’s eyes, it made perfect
The only way to live out her picture perfect world is to eliminate the only obstacle of her happily ever after fairy tale, Elizabeth. She goes so far as conjuring up spells and dancing in the woods naked with a group of girls. Abigail tries to conceal the fact that she “drank a charm to kill John Proctor’s wife!” (Miller 19). Abigail truly believed that John was meant to be hers, especially when she says, “You loved me, John Proctor, and whatever sin it is, you love me yet!...John, pity me, pity me!” (Miller 24). In order to avoid punishment for practicing witchcraft and attempted murder, Abigail takes the spotlight off of herself, and blames a group of girls of witchcraft. Despite the fact that this is a monomaniacal action, in Abigail’s eyes, it made perfect