The Crucible by Arthur Miller Is much more than just a dramatization of a Witch Hunt but instead is an example of human weakness, hypocrisy and vindictiveness. Throughout the Witch Trials people in Salem were able to seek revenge on their enemies, human weakness, and show the outright hypocrisy of the witch trials as a whole. Throughout The Crucible you see examples of these three elements through Abigail, Mrs.Putnam, Parris, and many other characters. Quotes and examples from the text will show how The Crucible was a clear illustration of these elements through the storyline, conflicts between characters and the play itself. The Crucible as a whole is a pure example of hypocrisy through some of the main characters.…
Through the Crucible by Arthur Miller, readers may start to think that Abigail Williams is the most despicable character in the crucible. Abigail in my opinion is the most despicable character in the entire play, although she has witnessed her parents’ murder. She was led to believe that John Proctor loved her. When his wife found out she fired Abigail. Eventually Abigail accuses Mrs. Proctor of witchcraft hoping she can be with John.…
Death and destruction tends to follow Abigail everywhere she goes. Manipulating other people and gaining control is what Abigail find very easy to do. Abigail uses her amazing ability to manipulate someone in thought-out Act 1 “ABIGAIL: I never sold myself! I‘m a good girl—I—(Ann enters with Tituba.) I did drink of the kettle!—She made me do it!…
Honestly, Abigail Williams from the Crucible by Arthur Miller was no way near being a Puritan women. She was very different from all the other women in that town at the time. I have a few reasons to back that up also. Abigail committed adulatory, she also took place in which craft. Also she never kept her mouth shut and never really listened to any other men in Salem.…
The Crucible Essay Usually when someone is guilty or committed something horribly wrong in a movie or novel then the first two emotions you feel is hatred and sometimes shocked depending on the situation. Some will even ask “Why him/her?” to themselves or the ones around them because most of the time, it comes in a surprise that the one guilty is the one you least expected it to be. In the Crucible, it’s different because based on what this particular individual has done, she is found guilty regardless what happens. That particular character is named Abigail Williams. She has done things throughout the novel that is explicit.…
This question is worth asking because understanding the hatred of mankind can lead to enlightenment and move the future into a more positive direction. When one understands a problem, they may not repeat the same actions that led to it and, therefore, move forward. However, even though people understood that the hysterias created by Abigail Williams in, The Crucible, were due to her own selfishness and close-mindedness, people today continue to practice those same vices, only to a more massive extent. Abigail Williams was led by her own desire to manipulate those in Salem to commit her crimes. She did this through pretending to have a connection with their most fundamental beliefs and fears and acting as a threat if they defied her.…
Abigail is a mean and vindictive person who always wants her way, no matter who she hurts. Throughout the play, her accusations and lies cause many people pain and suffering, but she seemed to never care for any of them. Abigail Williams is the obvious choice when giving the blame of the hangings to a character, but for good reason too. The insane delirium in Salem all stems from the fact that Abigail was not able to face the fact that she had been caught by her uncle, Reverend Parris, dancing in the woods with her Barbadian slave, Tituba. Solely in order to save her own skin, she began the witchcraft accusations by stating that Tituba had worked with the devil.…
The seeds of the hysteria that afflicted Salem Village, Massachusetts were sown in January 1692 when a group of young girls began to display bizarre behavior, with no decorum whatsoever, and accused people of witchery. Abigail Williams, one of the main accusers in the Salem Witch Trials, starts her web of lies in a desperate attempt to not be held accountable for her nefarious deeds in the forests the night before the play opens. The childish girl needed attention and with each accusation that she did, the town loved her and believed her more, which granted her more and more power. In fact, Abigail continued with the hysteria in order take revenge on Elizabeth Proctor, so that she could have John Proctor for herself. The night before the play opens, Abigail had been dancing out in the woods, which is forbidden by the Puritan religion.…
Many people can link Abigail Williams and McCarthy to each other by observing their behavioral traits and motives. Abigail Williams and McCarthy are excessively manipulative, deceitful, and prone to lying. In The Crucible, Williams expertly lies about almost everything she says and is efficient at keeping her many secrets (and persuading others to do so as…
The Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves in 1863, but African Americans continued to be separated from the rest of society. The Civil Rights Movement was a protest movement against discrimination and segregation of African Americans in the United States. The Civil Rights Movement began shortly after the Supreme Court ruled that “racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional” in the Brown v Board of Education case in 1954 ("- John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum"). The case was the beginning of the movement that intensified during the 1960’s.…
The Crucible, a play written by Arthur Miller in 1952, tells of the Salem Witch Trials and what the Puritan people endured. The story mainly focuses on the accusers, afflicted, and the accused showing how they got away with what they stated to the court as well as how the accused plead their innocence. The Crucible follows very distinct parts of the Salem Witch Trials, some of which are very accurate, and others which are morphed to fit the storyline. Miller changes the details or leave them out in order to make The Crucible more logical and understanding to the reader on top of making it more interesting to add to the plot. .Although…
There are many characters in The Crucible by Arthur Miller that make the entire plot fall into place like magic. Abigail Williams, the niece of Reverend Parris, started rumors, an army of girls, and made accusations that turned the village of Salem upside-down. Abigail was a 17 year-old orphan whom was described as “strikingly beautiful” but outspoken. Several characters in The Crucible are very dynamic, none like Abigail Williams who changes between each act of the play; she makes sinless hands sinful, controls all of the girls in the village, kills many, and still manages to gets away in the end.…
Abigail Williams is Parris' niece. She instigates the witch trials by falsely accusing others of witchcraft. She pretends to see spirits and instructs the other girls to pretend as well. Abigail is a devious child. Abigail is the exact opposite of Elizabeth.…
The Crucible is about a small group of teen girls in Salem, Massachusetts. The girls created a potion, with the help of a black slave, Tituba, to catch young men. They are forced to tell lies that the Devil had invaded them and forced them to participate in the rites and are then forced to name those involved. One of the girls was infatuated with a married man and determined to get rid of his innocent wife. During the trials, those who demanded their innocence were executed, those who would not name names were incarcerated and tortured, and those who admitted their guilt were immediately freed.…
"The Crucible" is about the Salem witch trails during the late 1600s under the Puritan Society. The Puritans in seeking truth and never to tell lies because the take committed sins very serious, especially in the practice of witchcraft. People in the society were sentence to death because of all theses accusations of the practice, they all became delirious and jump to conclusions. In the play "The Crucible" by Arthur Miller, the dangers of hysteria resulted in the false accusations upon innocent people, the possession of political power, and the corruption of the community by rumors.…