Compare and Contrast: "A Childrens Hour" and "The Crucible"

One girl’s lies change her own life, impact her entire community, and destroy the lives of those she accuses. This sounds ironic and rare enough to occur once, however this same theme is in both “The Crucible” and “A Children’s Hour.” Mary Tilford tells a lie about her two teachers to save herself from the repercussions of her bad behavior while attending their school in “A Children’s Hour.” Abigail Williams tells lies about her whole community, for the same reason of self-preservation, in “The Crucible.” The lies of Abigail Williams and Mary Tilford in “the Crucible” and “A Children’s Hour” destroy the lives of those around them; making both directly linked to death, deceit and destruction.
Abigail Williams in “The Crucible” begins trouble in her community with one simple lie to save herself. Abigail is found practicing witchcraft in the woods, and rather than simply admitting to participating, she claims that a servant from the community made...