There are often occasions where people would lie in order to make themselves feel better, or to make people believe that they are innocent. Knowing that the person is lying, yet other people are believing them makes me frustrated; I am not able to do anything about it as people would often think that I am trying to make the person look bad, or they would not believe me. Although there might be some people who believe me, other people would have their own opinions.

From my own experience, there would be times when my siblings had done something unacceptable in our household, such as breaking something. In order to not get in trouble, they would lie their way out or blame it on other people. Although I would not want to rat out on anyone, I know that I would also suffer the consequences. This situation is similar to the Crucible when Abigail was told to tell Parris about whether she had participated in witchcraft, as Parris had suspected that she had performed it during act 1. Although Abigail had told him that she and Betty did not participate in any form of witchcraft, he still found it hard to believe as he had seen them in the woods, dancing like heathens. Parris must have found it frustrating when he was trying to get Abigail to tell him the truth since he had already seen them acting strange in the forest. Abigail had to remain innocent and clueless in order to not be accused of witchcraft, as she and Betty would then suffer the consequences of them getting punished and killed. I understand how Parris had been frustrated about trying to get Abigail to confess the truth, but I also understand how Abigail did not want to confess anything so that she can protect herself and not get punished.