Just like the two faces of a coin heads or tails the people of Salem in The Crucible written by Arthur Miller have two faces religious and vengeful Revenge and shame live in the heart of the teenage girls such as Abigail Williams Meanwhile the truth and justice live within the soul of Elizabeth John Proctor s faithful wife At the beginning of the play Miller has clearly shown the purpose of Abigail she wants everyone pay her attention she also wants to become a powerful woman because she is nothing more than an orphan and the niece of Reverend Parris She desires to be powerful so John Proctor will be attracted to her Proctor is a bigwig man he has the reputation which has a great influence over the village so by having John on her side she will become well known an a powerful Elizabeth is a totally different person She is a wife a mother so the motivation of her start from her family she desires to maintain a happy family built a strong belief in Mr Proctor heart