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Jackie Miranda
November 26th, 2012 Jealousy is common in many relationships. Sometimes jealousy can be a sign of care and compassion, but sometimes it can get out of hand. Many people get jealous of others and this leads to trouble. I’ve been in a situation that reflects Arthur Miller’s play, The Crucible, in which reputations are ruined due to jealousy. Jealousy has become a major issue since I met this boy in high school. My friend accused me of being jealous! This surprised me because he just blurted out when we were playing some Naruto game. I defended myself by saying “I don’t care if you think other girls are cute…as long as you don’t do anything wrong”. I guess he got annoyed because he started telling me about some girls at school. He even asked me if I was jealous yet. After a while he told me that some girl told him I liked some other dude. He was being mean to me because HE was jealous. I found out that jealousy really does make you act differently. It changes who you truly are, and may even ruin a relationship. I almost smacked him for being so obnoxious. The way jealousy affected my relationship, is similar to Act II of The Crucible. Jealousy also tugged at John and Elizabeth’s relationship. Since Elizabeth was accused of witchcraft, she wanted to find out who accused her. When she found out that Abigail accused her, she immediately said “she wants me dead. I knew all this week it would come!” This quote shows that Elizabeth believes that Abigail is out to get her just because she’s Proctor’s wife. Elizabeth states, “She’d dare not call out such a farmer’s wife but there be monstrous profit in it. She thinks to take my place, John” Elizabeth’s jealousy is evident and causes John to get upset and actually grab a rifle as he tells Elizabeth he’s going to curse Abigail. Similar to my example of jealousy affecting my relationship that only lasted for a while, Elizabeth’s jealousy in Act II of The Crucible caused Proctor to go crazy!
Jackie Miranda
November 26th, 2012 Jealousy is common in many relationships. Sometimes jealousy can be a sign of care and compassion, but sometimes it can get out of hand. Many people get jealous of others and this leads to trouble. I’ve been in a situation that reflects Arthur Miller’s play, The Crucible, in which reputations are ruined due to jealousy. Jealousy has become a major issue since I met this boy in high school. My friend accused me of being jealous! This surprised me because he just blurted out when we were playing some Naruto game. I defended myself by saying “I don’t care if you think other girls are cute…as long as you don’t do anything wrong”. I guess he got annoyed because he started telling me about some girls at school. He even asked me if I was jealous yet. After a while he told me that some girl told him I liked some other dude. He was being mean to me because HE was jealous. I found out that jealousy really does make you act differently. It changes who you truly are, and may even ruin a relationship. I almost smacked him for being so obnoxious. The way jealousy affected my relationship, is similar to Act II of The Crucible. Jealousy also tugged at John and Elizabeth’s relationship. Since Elizabeth was accused of witchcraft, she wanted to find out who accused her. When she found out that Abigail accused her, she immediately said “she wants me dead. I knew all this week it would come!” This quote shows that Elizabeth believes that Abigail is out to get her just because she’s Proctor’s wife. Elizabeth states, “She’d dare not call out such a farmer’s wife but there be monstrous profit in it. She thinks to take my place, John” Elizabeth’s jealousy is evident and causes John to get upset and actually grab a rifle as he tells Elizabeth he’s going to curse Abigail. Similar to my example of jealousy affecting my relationship that only lasted for a while, Elizabeth’s jealousy in Act II of The Crucible caused Proctor to go crazy!