Abigail and the Cell Phone
Abigail Williams is one of the very complex characters in Arthur Miller's novel. Through Abigail's deceiving nature in The Crucible, Arthur Miller's description of Abigail's characteristics can show just how complex she really is.
Abigail is very manipulative, sneaky, conniving, and deceitful. She really reminds me of my cell phone that I have. For instance, both can get you in a lot of trouble. In the play, Abigail is falsely accusing people of practicing witchcraft so that she could stay out of trouble. She stayed out of trouble by getting other people in trouble and hanged if they didn't confess. A cell phone could get you in trouble for cheating, going off, or just using it. You get in trouble if it goes off because you're not supposed to have it in school anyway, but you're in even more trouble if you get caught cheating by texting answers to tests or using it in class when you're not supposed to. Both can store a lot of information in their memories, have faces, are white, and are a means of communication. They can be damaged or beaten up by running them over with a car, slamming them in a door, or smashing their faces in with a hammer. They can also be used as hostages. Someone could get whatever they want from you by taking your phone and threatening to do something horrible to it. Finally, they can both be dressed up. You can dress your cell phone with a nice, pretty cover that has dolphins or USC Gamecocks on it.
However, Abigail can be very different than a modern day cell phone in multiple ways. For example, Abigail is a real human and made of blood, skin, and organs. A cell phone is made of plastic, metal, and a battery. The certain amount of memory space is a big difference between the two. For example, any human, including Abigail, has an infinite amount of space to store information in a memory. A cell phone has a certain amount of gigabytes for its memory. The only difference is that most humans have a memory, but can not remember some things, especially important things such as birthdays or anniversaries. Also, one cell phone can be made into a lot of different shapes and colors, and can also slide open or flip open. Abigail is just one person. Unless she had a twin that Arthur Miller was not aware of, Abigail was one size, one shape, one color, and she could not be slid or flipped open. Finally, any human can steal money and run away, but any cell phone can not. Cell phones are just objects. They don't have legs and arms like real humans, and if they did, you might want to run. If I see a cell phone get up and steal something, all of Anderson, South Carolina would probably hear me screaming and running down the road.
As you can see, Abigail has a lot of negative character flaws as well as positive things about her. Even though it was not clearly stated, Arthur Miller's description of Abigail's characteristics can be compared to a cell phone. All you have to do is use your imagination.
Abigail Williams is one of the very complex characters in Arthur Miller's novel. Through Abigail's deceiving nature in The Crucible, Arthur Miller's description of Abigail's characteristics can show just how complex she really is.
Abigail is very manipulative, sneaky, conniving, and deceitful. She really reminds me of my cell phone that I have. For instance, both can get you in a lot of trouble. In the play, Abigail is falsely accusing people of practicing witchcraft so that she could stay out of trouble. She stayed out of trouble by getting other people in trouble and hanged if they didn't confess. A cell phone could get you in trouble for cheating, going off, or just using it. You get in trouble if it goes off because you're not supposed to have it in school anyway, but you're in even more trouble if you get caught cheating by texting answers to tests or using it in class when you're not supposed to. Both can store a lot of information in their memories, have faces, are white, and are a means of communication. They can be damaged or beaten up by running them over with a car, slamming them in a door, or smashing their faces in with a hammer. They can also be used as hostages. Someone could get whatever they want from you by taking your phone and threatening to do something horrible to it. Finally, they can both be dressed up. You can dress your cell phone with a nice, pretty cover that has dolphins or USC Gamecocks on it.
However, Abigail can be very different than a modern day cell phone in multiple ways. For example, Abigail is a real human and made of blood, skin, and organs. A cell phone is made of plastic, metal, and a battery. The certain amount of memory space is a big difference between the two. For example, any human, including Abigail, has an infinite amount of space to store information in a memory. A cell phone has a certain amount of gigabytes for its memory. The only difference is that most humans have a memory, but can not remember some things, especially important things such as birthdays or anniversaries. Also, one cell phone can be made into a lot of different shapes and colors, and can also slide open or flip open. Abigail is just one person. Unless she had a twin that Arthur Miller was not aware of, Abigail was one size, one shape, one color, and she could not be slid or flipped open. Finally, any human can steal money and run away, but any cell phone can not. Cell phones are just objects. They don't have legs and arms like real humans, and if they did, you might want to run. If I see a cell phone get up and steal something, all of Anderson, South Carolina would probably hear me screaming and running down the road.
As you can see, Abigail has a lot of negative character flaws as well as positive things about her. Even though it was not clearly stated, Arthur Miller's description of Abigail's characteristics can be compared to a cell phone. All you have to do is use your imagination.
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