Reflection Blog: True Colors

I remember taking the True Colors personality test last year in Mr. Tadla's health class. I ended up testing as a blue personality. Apparently this meant that I was a romantic and was also emotional and cared for people. I thought it was pretty dead on. When we took this personality test in class a few days ago, I scored the ranking of gold, which means that I am a planner. Only two other students besides me got the same results. I find personality tests to be very interesting because I like to see how other people think differently and how we are all unique. These True Colors personalities are present in the characters of The Crucible as well. Now these characters obviously did not go online and take a personality test, but we can tell through their actions which category they could fall under.

One of the characters we discussed in class was Abigail Williams, Reverend Parris' niece. In class, we decided that she could be categorized as either orange or green, a doer or a thinker. Abigail is one of the main characters and I think is one of the least complex. She could definitely be classified as a thinker in the way that she is one of the more deceiving characters. One of her characteristics is being quite manipulative, which she has demonstrated numerous times. An example of this would be during Act 1 of The Crucible when she lies about what they were doing in the woods and tries to cover it up and turn the blame away from herself. (Miller, 42). Like  I said, she could easily be apart of the doer group as well. Abigail is one to not only think of ideas, but follow through with them. She uses this in a very dangerous form though, in the way that she accuses innocent people simply out of revenge. Abigail Williams absolutely hates Elizabeth Proctor. It is no secret. Elizabeth's husband, John Proctor had actually been having an affair with Abigail, but John had recently told Abigail that he would come to her no longer. "Proctor: Abby, you'll put it out of mind. I'll not be comin' for you more" (Miller, 22). This gave Abigail all the more reason to hate Elizabeth. Acting on this revenge, she sets Elizabeth up to make it appear that she is involved with witch craft, and more specifically, voodoo. Abigail had cleverly, placed a needle under the dress of a doll Mary had made to give to Elizabeth and then faked being stabbed to make it look like it had been Elizabeth's doing. (Miller, 76).  This example alone displays the doer side of Abigail Williams and her cruel and evil vengeance towards Elizabeth Proctor.

Discussing and evaluating the True Personalities of the characters really helps you better understand kind of the reasoning behind their actions. It also gives you an idea of their personal tendencies and history to have an idea of what their actions might be in the future. As we continue to read The Crucible by Arthur Miller, it will be interesting to see how the true personalities of the characters effect the plot.

Miller, Arthur. The Crucible: A Play in Four Acts. Harmondsworth, Eng.: Penguin, 1976. Print.