"If you hate someone, you hate something in him that is part of yourself. What isn't part of ourselves doesn't disturb us." This citation by Herman Hesse rightly describes the situation in Salem village in 1692. Arthur Miller's "The Crucible" is the astounding tale of what transpired in Salem village amidst the Salem witchcraft trials. In the tale, the tragedy is spawned from the immense hatred exhibited by Abigail Williams, Thomas and Ann Putnam, and the Salem community.

."..She is a cold sniveling woman..." this excerpt made by Abigail concerning Elizabeth Proctor is an ideal example of how evil, conniving, and hateful she is. Abigail, the person who initialized the witch-hunt, hated Elizabeth so strongly that she gouged herself in the stomach just to frame her of voodoo. .".. I will come to you in the black of some terrible night and I will bring a pointy reckoning that will...