Abigail Williams's Diary Entry
Abigail Williams's Diary Entry
Abigail Williams's Diary Entry
Day 1:
Dear diary,
Such a bad day, I lost my job because Elizabeth Proctor had fired me after she
discovered that her husband, John Proctor, and I were having an affair. So I’m afraid he
won’t want to see me again. But I still don’t know understand why John Proctor prefer his
wife instead of me. I am much better than that naïve, sickly and plain woman. I am
intelligent, healthy and flawless, and any man who has me will consider himself fortunate.
On the other hand, Elizabeth is an elderly woman who should not exist in this world. I’m a
lot more attractive than she is, which is perfect for any guy who can see it. But,
unfortunately, the guy I want however is married to a woman who is not a good match for
him, which is an annoyance whenever I think about it. I think John and she should both split
up and marry me because unlike her, I think I’d become a better wife. He would never sway
from her bed into mine if he felt she was a wonderful wife. I believe that I should be happy
that she isn’t good enough for him, in his opinion. I think John Proctor is mine, but I’m not
sure what I can now; I think I should do something to separate them, but I guess I’ll have to
be very careful to make sure Elizabeth doesn’t tell our affair with anyone. After a while
thinking thoroughly, and I’ve come up with a couple of different plans, like accusing
Day 2:
Dear diary,
Today, I’m at the Salem General Court where we’re listing all of the people, we consider to
be devil advocates. My biggest goal is to kill Elizabeth, who stands between John Proctor
and me, and I have asked Tituba to assist me in achieving the spirits. However, if my scheme
failed, the only option I had was to declare her a witch. This is an opportunity to exact
vengeance Elizabeth and I think that John is unaware of my plot because the last time we
met, he stood up for his wife but not for me. He’ll be sorry he married Elizabeth instead of
fleeing with me. I and Marry Warren had intended to suspect Elizabeth of being a witch.
Marry will give the poppet to Elizabeth and I’ll pierce a needle into my stomach and say that
Elizabeth used the poppet to hurt me because I had an affair with her husband and Cheever
would base on my words to find the poppet as an evidence to prosecute her. I knew she was
aware that I had an affair with John, but I warned John that if he said that we had an affair
with his wife, I would darken both his and his family’s names by revealing that he had an
affair with me. But that plan was just to guarantee that he wouldn’t tell anyone, but I have
no doubt that he will keep this secret hidden because he really loves and cares for his
family. In addition, I’d like to tell that Cheever has been arrested Elizabeth and she was back
The main audience for my creative response is my teacher and classmates. The purpose of
my piece is to reveals thoughts, motivations and feelings of Abigail Williams towards John
Proctor, Elizabeth, the citizens of Salem and the unfolding drama. I want my audience to
share the thoughts and feelings that Abigail Williams face after reading the piece. The form I
have chosen for my piece is diary entry. The features of this form that I have used are short
paragraphs and my piece relate to the set text by using Abigail Williams’ perspective on
events and I have included some events in my response because it relates to the main
theme that the author, Arthur Miller tries to convey through his book. Language that I used
is informal