Act 1 Abby In The Crucible

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In the book Crucible written by Arthur Miller there are many characters in the story that behave totally different from one other. Most of the girls in the book Crucible are not leaders and don’t have minds there own. Abby is a character that is in the book Crucible some readers may say she's a leader and some may thinks she's arrogant. Abby has many reasons why she may behave the way she does in the book. Abby is not mature in the book she is extremely young compared to John Proctor. The reader can justify how immature she is by her action. She started to threaten John Proctor about there affair later on in the story. In act 1 Abby says “You loved me, John Proctor, and whatever sin it is, you love me yet! John, pity me, pity me!” She was

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