The Impactful Qualities of Abigail Williams In the spring of 1692, a young group of girls in the town of Salem Massachusetts acclaimed to be possessed by the devil. Soon after, the same group of girls then went on to make claims against other individuals in Salem about them also taking part in witchcraft. The accusations soon spiraled out of control and multiple deaths became the outcome. In Arthur Miller 's interpretation of the Salem Witchcraft Trials, The Crucible, he displays…
by Arthur Miller. It’s fiction story is about the Salem witch trials that took place in the Massachusetts Bay Colony during 1692-93. Abigail Williams, the antagonist, falls in love with a married man, John Proctor. The love triangle between John Proctor’s wife, himself, and Abigail stirs up drama throughout the play. John Proctor realizes he has put his wife in danger, and chooses between his life or hers. Throughout the play, The Crucible reveals that people, such as Abigail Williams, Elizabeth…
In the play, The Crucible by Author Miller, you experience a thrilling tale. It is full of excitement and it keeps you on the edge of your seat. The play is about a group of teenage girls that are caught dancing in the forest. They are caught by reverend Paris and he accuses them of doing witch craft. Among one of the teenage girls in the group is his niece and her name is Abigail Williams. She was the leader of the group and persuaded all the girls to dance in the forest. She gets an unexpected…
One significant theme Miller conveys throughout The Crucible is deciding whether or not it is worth to lie. He shows this through Abigail Williams, John Proctor, and Judge Danforth. From the beginning of The Crucible Abigail Williams lies. Throughout the book she lies, manipulates her friends and the entire town, and eventually sends nineteen innocent people to their deaths (SparkNotes Editors). In Act I Abigail was about to get busted for experimenting with witchcraft, but managed to blame the…
What makes humans have a strong desire for power? Arthur Miller uses multiple characters to show the struggles that each person will go through to gain power over others and or free themselves. Also, these characters show different conflicts that occur within Salem and changes in motivation. Arthur Miller makes Abigail Williams a person that can free herself from others and gain power through multiple lies. Abigail also shows her goal of getting of John Proctors wife and making up a false…
a villainous light. In The Crucible by Arthur Miller, Abigail Williams is a villain whose actions are provoked by the prejudice and ignorance of people in the world around her. As a result, she becomes one of the greatest influences of the witchcraft trials in Salem, and readers view her as seditious and evil. However, her actions are not the result of her malicious character, but are rather the result of past and current injustices. Abigail Williams’ hysterical actions are justified because she…
In “The Crucible” ,written by Authur Miller, it’s spring of 1692 in Salem, Massachusetts. Strange events start to occur after Reverend Paris finds his daughter, his niece, his slave and many other girls dancing in the forest. His niece ,Abigail Williams, has a history of lying, getting released from service and being a rebel, she is the most responsible for conjuring up spirits and for also conjuring up the devil in Salem. Abigail is responsible for conjuring up the devil in Salem because when…
play is about a town, where people start accusing other of being a witchcraft. It started with a group of girls dancing in the woods. Then people started accusing other for a motive such as getting their land and jealousy. The motives of Abigail williams and the Putnams had a negative impact on the Salem Witch trials. First, Abigail william’s had 2 motives. Abigail first motive is to get out of trouble and avoid punishment. In Act 1, She threaten to kill the girls if they say anything about…
All theses characters transform and in a sense switch roles within one another conveying the theme of the play which is………….. In the crucible the character Abigail Williams is the antagonist and portrays churlish behaviors. She has one motive and that is to seek revenge on Elizabeth Proctor. Abigail Williams was the mistress in an affair with John Proctor. She solely seeks to have his undying love: however, John reflects on his sins and calls it quits with Abigail. This stirs up strife…
been a lot of people who cheat on their wives or husbands and it ends up with a terrible result. In Arthur Miller’s story The Crucible, John Proctor and Abigail Williams have an affair and this creates a lot of problems and ends up in a tragic result in the play. In this story, John Proctor decides to break up his affair with Abigail Williams, and she leads the other girls in the practicing of witchcraft to demand the death of Elizabeth. When people find out about the witchcraft, the girls have…