In Arthur Miller’s play, The Crucible, Abigail Williams has the horrible qualities often associated with the term villain. There are multiple instances in the story where Abigail is associating herself with some type of evil. The occurrence that sticks out most to readers is her undertaking in the corruption of Elizabeth Proctor. Another incidence that cannot go unnoticed is the constant development of a plan consisting of lies, manipulation, and deception, to not only kill Elizabeth Proctor, but many other people along the way. Lastly, her endless affection toward John Proctor, a married man, is what ultimately fuels her to do her devilish acts. Throughout the novel, Abigail Williams does not only show concrete proof on why she is the villain,
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Ranging from producing fake stories, to purposely harming herself to manipulate others, Abigail constantly insists in taking down Elizabeth and ruining her name. She clearly has a feeling of disgust toward Elizabeth, and mentions multiple times throughout the story her hatred for Elizabeth. For example, Abigail states “It's a bitter woman, a lying, cold, sniveling woman, and I will not work for such a woman!” (11). Not only does Abigail assert her feelings toward Elizabeth, but she calls Elizabeth “it”, a quite disrespectful way to address a woman. Additionally, Abigail is responsible for inappropriate occurrences such as purposely stabbing herself with a needle and blaming Elizabeth then claiming Elizabeth harmed her through magic. The motive behind her actions appear because Abigail had an affair with John Proctor, Elizabeth’s husband, which resulted in the firing of Abigail and the tarnishing of her reputation. To revenge Elizabeth’s actions, Abigail drinks blood, which was a charm created by Tituba and which Abigail drinks in an attempt to kill Elizabeth. As shown through a further analysis of Abigail’s actions, its clearly seen how unstable she is and how she completely abolishes any thought that could have seen her as the …show more content…
After the attempt to summon the evil spirit with Tituba, Abigail is caught and associated with the incident. Soon after she confesses to her actions and her name is cleared, she begins to form a plan to kill Elizabeth. Regardless of who it kills or how many people it causes difficulties to, Abigail will not stop for anything to get revenge. She has no regard for life and does not care who she affects. There are many cases where she is quick to falsely accuse someone else of a lie and deceive people such as the occurrence where she states “She made me do it! She made Betty do it!" (43). This is a perfect example of how she does not hesitate to lie and betray people she is close with, such as Tituba. Overall, there are many more illustrations of other influential lies brought up by Abigail spread throughout the novel but these in specific, accurately display how evil Abigail Williams can
Ranging from producing fake stories, to purposely harming herself to manipulate others, Abigail constantly insists in taking down Elizabeth and ruining her name. She clearly has a feeling of disgust toward Elizabeth, and mentions multiple times throughout the story her hatred for Elizabeth. For example, Abigail states “It's a bitter woman, a lying, cold, sniveling woman, and I will not work for such a woman!” (11). Not only does Abigail assert her feelings toward Elizabeth, but she calls Elizabeth “it”, a quite disrespectful way to address a woman. Additionally, Abigail is responsible for inappropriate occurrences such as purposely stabbing herself with a needle and blaming Elizabeth then claiming Elizabeth harmed her through magic. The motive behind her actions appear because Abigail had an affair with John Proctor, Elizabeth’s husband, which resulted in the firing of Abigail and the tarnishing of her reputation. To revenge Elizabeth’s actions, Abigail drinks blood, which was a charm created by Tituba and which Abigail drinks in an attempt to kill Elizabeth. As shown through a further analysis of Abigail’s actions, its clearly seen how unstable she is and how she completely abolishes any thought that could have seen her as the …show more content…
After the attempt to summon the evil spirit with Tituba, Abigail is caught and associated with the incident. Soon after she confesses to her actions and her name is cleared, she begins to form a plan to kill Elizabeth. Regardless of who it kills or how many people it causes difficulties to, Abigail will not stop for anything to get revenge. She has no regard for life and does not care who she affects. There are many cases where she is quick to falsely accuse someone else of a lie and deceive people such as the occurrence where she states “She made me do it! She made Betty do it!" (43). This is a perfect example of how she does not hesitate to lie and betray people she is close with, such as Tituba. Overall, there are many more illustrations of other influential lies brought up by Abigail spread throughout the novel but these in specific, accurately display how evil Abigail Williams can