Who Is To Blame? In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, Abigail Williams was the cause of the Salem Witch trials. Abigail is an eighteen years old girl who live in Salem, Massachusetts. Abigail’s parents were killed by Indians at a young age. After her parents were killed her uncle Reverend Parris brought her to Salem and raised her. She use to work for the Proctors at one point of time. She couldn’t work for the Proctors anymore because she had an affair with Goody Proctor’s husband, John Proctor who is thirty-five years old. Miller demonstrated that it was Abigail’s flaws-Vengefulness, Dishonesty, and Lust-that led her to be most responsible for the tragedy of the witch-hunt in Salem. One of Abigail’s flaw is vengeance. Abigail said, “Why¬¬-?
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“We danced. And Tituba conjured Ruth Putman’s dead sisters. And that is all” (Miller 20). Abigail wanted the girls to lie and tell that they were only dancing. She knew that if she told her uncle the truth it would cost him his positon as reverend and she would get punished. Knowing that she drunk chicken blood and that they danced Abigail and the other girls would be seen as witches. Cheever said, “And without word nor warnin’ Abigail falls to the floor. Like a struck beast, and screamed a scream that a bull would weep to hear. And he goes to save her, and, stuck two inches in the flesh of her belly, he draw a needle out. And demandin’ of her how she come to be so stabbed, she-testify it were your wife’s familiar spirit pushed in” (Miller 78-79). Abigail accused Goody Proctor of sending her spirit to stick a needle in her stomach because she wanted Goody Proctor hanged. Abigail knew that if she accused Goody Proctor she could probably get a chance to get John Proctor to be with …show more content…
“John-I am waiting for you every night”, said Abigail (Miller 22). She thinks that if she waits on John every night that will bring him to her. She has hope that John will leave his wife every night to be with her. “I know how you clutched my back behind your house and sweated like a stallion whenever I came near! I saw your face when she put me out and you love me then and you love me now”, said Abigail (Miller 23). Abigail reminds John of the night he had an affair or (committed adultery) with her. She remind him so maybe he would consider being with her and leaving his wife behind. She lust after John which she thinks is love and she wants John to love her (lust after her) because in her heart they are meant to
“We danced. And Tituba conjured Ruth Putman’s dead sisters. And that is all” (Miller 20). Abigail wanted the girls to lie and tell that they were only dancing. She knew that if she told her uncle the truth it would cost him his positon as reverend and she would get punished. Knowing that she drunk chicken blood and that they danced Abigail and the other girls would be seen as witches. Cheever said, “And without word nor warnin’ Abigail falls to the floor. Like a struck beast, and screamed a scream that a bull would weep to hear. And he goes to save her, and, stuck two inches in the flesh of her belly, he draw a needle out. And demandin’ of her how she come to be so stabbed, she-testify it were your wife’s familiar spirit pushed in” (Miller 78-79). Abigail accused Goody Proctor of sending her spirit to stick a needle in her stomach because she wanted Goody Proctor hanged. Abigail knew that if she accused Goody Proctor she could probably get a chance to get John Proctor to be with …show more content…
“John-I am waiting for you every night”, said Abigail (Miller 22). She thinks that if she waits on John every night that will bring him to her. She has hope that John will leave his wife every night to be with her. “I know how you clutched my back behind your house and sweated like a stallion whenever I came near! I saw your face when she put me out and you love me then and you love me now”, said Abigail (Miller 23). Abigail reminds John of the night he had an affair or (committed adultery) with her. She remind him so maybe he would consider being with her and leaving his wife behind. She lust after John which she thinks is love and she wants John to love her (lust after her) because in her heart they are meant to