Character Analysis Of Abigail In The Crucible

The play Abigail is about ten years after the Salem witch trails. Salem is where Abigail was the antagonist for the events that occurred there and lead to the deaths of those all accused of witchcraft. Abigail ran to the outskirts of a town she tends to the sick and her gardens. She has changed her name to Ruth Meadow and is haunted by the events of her past. When she is tending her garden one afternoon a sailor by the name of John Brown approaches her and says that he is sick and that he heard she is the best around. Ruth stumbles to help him but, then gives in and begins care for Mr. Brown. He begins to tell her stories of the sea and to which she wants to bring young Thomas, a boy who will later be discovered as her son, to hear his impressive stories. This is until Ruth learns that he has killed a man, his father, and she throws him out but, first he asks to hear her story of why she is so filled with guilt and why he is not allowed to love her and be her husband. When Ruth finally allows John to stay the devil finds her and say it is time for her to go with him. She meets him where she danced as a little girl in Salem and the ghosts of those that were killed …show more content…
I made me feel like there is still hope that even if you have done something wrong there is a way to repay it. My intellectual response to the play is very different if someone does something that bad that causes the lives of innocent people to be taken they should be held accountable for it and I don’t think Abigail was really accountable for it, she ran away. I would recommend this play to someone else because it was performed very well but, I think the background of the Salem witch trails or the Crucible would be needed to understand why Abigail is where she is and why the devil is after