Differences between me and Abigail

During Acting technique lessons we discussed how we often look at the similarities between ourselves and our characters in order to make emotional connections, when actually you can also find interesting links when looking at the differences. Something i always do is look to myself and my life in order to emotional connect with my character; "what things have i experienced that feels the same as what my character is experiencing." However looking at Chekov has questioned my way of thinking and forced me to look from the outside in. I will continue with this on new blog post.

Differences

Abi is desperately in love                      She is interested and exited by witchcraft 

      She seeks revenge on others     She lives in Salem              Abi lives in the 50's

Abigail is power hungry              She had an affair                           She is jealous

               Abi has just lost her job               She wants to have sex with a married man

She wants another women to be sentenced to death                    She worked as a maid

    She leads a group of friends into                           She lies to her family and friends

    trouble 

                                           Abi finds her acknowledgement or strength 

                                            in a mans love 

Looking at the differences between me and abigail has helped me see what parts of her life i can work on and look at as they are the furthest away from me. i think its important for me to see how in many ways this character isn't connected to me and how the conditions she is under differ from mine as they helps me separate the two worlds allowing me to enter a different world when playing her.