That's because motivation for lying is usually tied up in self-esteem and self-preservation” (Edmonds, 2010, para. 4). Many can agree that narcissists and pathological liars are frequently caught up in these two things. As mentioned earlier, Abigail is both of these and she seems by the end of the play to believe some of her own fabrications. Sparknotes “Analysis of Major Characters” for The Crucible helps readers understand that Abigail’s primary reasons for her many lies were jealousy of Elizabeth Proctor and lust for John Proctor (Miller, 2015), but, as the play progressed, she gets so caught up in her lies that it is easy to determine which she believed. Arthur Miller’s play makes it evident that Abigail was the reason for nineteenth deaths, and this would have been more if not for her fleeing of Salem.…