I had to read this book pretty quickly. It was, to me, a fairly quicker read and I seemed to enjoy it more than each of the other books we have read. I especially enjoyed at the beginning when the group of girls were dancing in the forest with Tituba and got caught by Reverend Parris. I guess this scene gave me the sense that I was actually in the story and was one of the girls dancing.
Pretty much althroughout the book, I kept asking myself why Abigail desires John Proctor so whole-heartedly. I guess I don't see what attracts her to him. I still have not come to a conclusion of this. Another part of the book I basically don't understand is when Betty awakes, why do Proctor, Parris, Giles Corey, and Thomas Putnam argue so much. It seemed as if a big fight were about to occur. The next scene I really enjoyed was when Tituba confesses about what the girls had done in the forrest. Apparently, they had commuted with the devil, and Tituba hysterically accuses various townsfolk of consorting with the devil. Abigail joins in and confesses to having seen the devil conspiring and cavorting with other townspeople. Betty, then, joins them in naming witches; the crowd is thrown into an uproar.
There were several questions I had during this book. For some of them, I got possible answers, but not quite a legitimate answer. Some of these questions are:
1. Why did Proctor take Mary to try to prove the girls were lying? It was almost as if he was either 100% on their side or he was trying to get rid of Abigail. The answer I got with this one was that he wanted to prove that the girls were lying, so he confessed to his affair with Abigail.
2. Why does Danforth ask Elizabeth talk Proctor into confessing? I never really got a clear answer to this question...
As I mentioned earlier, this book was the most interesting to me! I thoroughly enjoyed reading and somewhat analyzing this book. It was a good and quick read.
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I also didn't see why she was attracted to him either. Maybe he was unavaliable? Its in human nature to want something we don't want. What do you think about that?
ReplyDeleteI may have some anwsers to your questions. The First one I believe was he wanted to prove the girls were lying, do that his wifes name would be cleared as well as showing the town what Abigail was really like. My anwser to the second question is the Danforth thought that because they loved each other that she could convince him it would be good to confess. Does that help?
I agree with you I didnt understand what attracted Abagail to Reverand Procter either. I also pretty much agree on all of your opinions about this book.
ReplyDeleteIf Proctor confessed he would not have been executed; so of course people wanted a confession. But Elizabeth did not want him to compromise his values and die the man with honor she knew him to be. Abigail may have been attracted to a man she couldn't have. We most often covet those things we can never have.
ReplyDeleteAlexis, that definately does help. It gives me more information to ponder... And, Mrs. Jesik's response clears things a little with what Alexis and I were questioning.
ReplyDeleteAnother thing I thought of Ms. Jesik...Why do you think Abigail was so attracted to Reverend Proctor? It still isn't quite coming to me.
ReplyDeleteI was also one who didn't understand why Abigail was attraced to Proctor. But unlike you, I did not enjoy The Crucible.
ReplyDeleteBecause she could not have him. It is sometimes more appealing to chase someone or something you can't have. You know it is dangerous. You know you shouldn't. You know you run the risk of getting caught. Sometimes it is the rush that is worth more than the prize. Did you girls ever consider that? Once she got what she wanted, she felt the competition and then she was jilted and of course not so much jealousy but anger took over. Does this make sense, because I have been looking at this stupid computer screen for the past 4 and a half hours tonight.
ReplyDeleteI never considered it...but, it does make everything make more sense. Now, I see some possible answers as to why she was so attracted to him.
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