Abigail Williams In The Crucible

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“Giles is dead” (Miller 125). Giles was one of the numerous innocent people that were killed due to Abigail Williams’s witchcraft accusations. It begins during 1692 in Arthur Millers “The Crucible” when Abigail, reverend Parris’s niece and multiple other girls were found by Mr. Parris in the woods practicing witchcraft, after this they started acting strangely. When the law comes down on Abigail, she starts accusing people of practicing witchcraft. This leads to the Salem Witch Trials, which are the result of Abigail Williams’ blaming of innocent people. To begin, Abigail was the cause of the Salem Witch Trials because she blamed citizens of Salem to protect her own reputation. Abigail told the girls that were in the woods with her to not

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