In the play ‘The Crucible’ throughout the first act i have a negative attitude towards the character, ‘Abigail.’ Abigail starts off throughout the scene talking to Josh Proctor about their little ‘affair’ they may have been happening. Josh tried denying there were anytime of relationship and this can be seen when he says, ‘Abby, you’ll put it out of mind. I’ll not be comin’ for you more.’ Abby then shows hatred towards this comment and so decides to talk about his wife negatively when she says, ‘She is blackening my name in the village! She is telling lies about me! She is a cold, sniveling woman, and you bend to her! Let her turn you like a -’ From this, i believe that she is looking to pin the blame on others by making rude remarks and she also seems a bit snobby, trying to convince john that he likes her.
I think that Josh Proctor comes out more positively in this first scene, as though even though he did have an affair with Abbey, and though he may feel lust towards her, he tells her that he no longer wishes to have an affair and when she refuses to listen to him, he calmly tells her that she did not mean anything to him, and enforces this when he calls her ‘a child.’ And though he may have admitted he did feel some type of lust for her, he tells her it is over. I think that Josh comes around as a more confident character, but not too cocky however. He has the opportunity to have an affair with Abby, who he has somewhat feelings for, however though he wasn’t always, he stays loyal to his wife in this certain time.
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