Jealously (your own or someone else's) caused a problem for you.
I don't get jealous easily but when I get jealous, I transform into a different person. A person that I'm afriad of. One day, I was having afternoon tea with a friend that I've just met over the summer. She seemed kind on the outside, therefore I opened up to her. She told me some of her secrets, so I decided to tell her mine. I told her the guy that I like, which she knew him as well. He was our mutual friend. But he was my best friend for three years and I was too afraid to ruin our friendship, that's why I've kept it a secret for so long. After I told her, she gave me an awkward smile. I suspected there was something up but didn't say a word. Then three weeks later, one of my girlfriends spotted him and her holding hands in the park. I felt devestated, disappointed and extremely betrayed of both of them! Plans of revenge emerged in my head. I began to check their blogs constantly that it became a stalking habbit. I even followed them to places! My parents became awared of my strange behavior and had "the talk" with me. I realized that didn't have to become an obssesive stalker, but talk to my guy best friend and make sure he knows my heart.
In The Crucible Act 2, Abigail is jealous of Elizabeth Proctor; she wants Elizabeth to die so that she can marry John Proctor, Elizabeth’s husband. Abigail becomes a lunatic who lies too much that she began imagining things. She is willing to do anything to get what she wants. Many other characters accuses other becasue of jealousy and greed inThe Crucible. Envy or jealousy is the hidden force driving most of the drama in town even though that's not the main scene. Jealousy is extremely scary but it motivates people in a strange way.
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Act 1 Journal Entry
You thought you might be in trouble and you lied to avoid it.
When I was about eleven years old, my cousins and I were over at my grandparents house. Everyone was having a fun time playing hide and seek. I ran too quickly and all of the sudden I ran into an expensive glass vase and broke it, everyone who heard the noise started panicking. The glass vase was a gift imported from India, we knew the consequences if the adults found out. I began to act "wise". I said to my younger cousins, "Let's just say the glass vase was hit by a baseball that flew from outside." It sounds like a terrible lie but we were only children. I tried to hide the pices of glass by covering it with a towel. Of course, the adults suspected there was something up and found the mass laying on the floor. When the adults saw the shattered glass vase, they demanded an answer from us. My younger cousins were too afraid to say anything, so I told my planned lie. They didn't seem to believe me so I told another lie. I said Nina, my youngest cousin, broke it on purpose. I avoided responsiblity which was wrong, I should've taken the blame since I'm the one who commited the "crime". Nina was too young so the adults didn't punish her so harshly if they knew I've done it. I didn't tell the truth until this year at the family meeting. It felt much better after I confessed.
In the play The Crucible, in the Province of Massachusetts Bay during 1692 and 1693. In act one, people who were accused of being witches blamed it on others. Since anyone accused would be tried then most likely hanged. Therefore Betty and Abigail blame it on Tituba, and Tituba blamed it on Goody Goodman. No one wanted to be hanged of course so they would rather let someone else be hanged. It was what they had to do to surive and get revenge. Lies were just flying around and no one cared to validate them. I lied because I didn't want to get in trouble by the adults, the people in Massachusetts Bay told lies as well, but to avoid big time trouble.
When I was about eleven years old, my cousins and I were over at my grandparents house. Everyone was having a fun time playing hide and seek. I ran too quickly and all of the sudden I ran into an expensive glass vase and broke it, everyone who heard the noise started panicking. The glass vase was a gift imported from India, we knew the consequences if the adults found out. I began to act "wise". I said to my younger cousins, "Let's just say the glass vase was hit by a baseball that flew from outside." It sounds like a terrible lie but we were only children. I tried to hide the pices of glass by covering it with a towel. Of course, the adults suspected there was something up and found the mass laying on the floor. When the adults saw the shattered glass vase, they demanded an answer from us. My younger cousins were too afraid to say anything, so I told my planned lie. They didn't seem to believe me so I told another lie. I said Nina, my youngest cousin, broke it on purpose. I avoided responsiblity which was wrong, I should've taken the blame since I'm the one who commited the "crime". Nina was too young so the adults didn't punish her so harshly if they knew I've done it. I didn't tell the truth until this year at the family meeting. It felt much better after I confessed.
In the play The Crucible, in the Province of Massachusetts Bay during 1692 and 1693. In act one, people who were accused of being witches blamed it on others. Since anyone accused would be tried then most likely hanged. Therefore Betty and Abigail blame it on Tituba, and Tituba blamed it on Goody Goodman. No one wanted to be hanged of course so they would rather let someone else be hanged. It was what they had to do to surive and get revenge. Lies were just flying around and no one cared to validate them. I lied because I didn't want to get in trouble by the adults, the people in Massachusetts Bay told lies as well, but to avoid big time trouble.
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