Abigail Williams, a character from the play The Crucible by Arthur Miller, is manipulative, two-faced, and self-centered. In Act 1, Abigail told John Proctor, “…You loved me, John Proctor, and whatever sin it is, you love me yet!” (1140). This was an attempt by Abigail to guilt John Proctor into continuing their affair further on. She knew she had acted as a home wrecker and caused a sense of distrust between John and his wife, so instead of using a manner of persuasion against him, she rather instead used manipulation and tried to play his emotions by guilting him into thinking he had led her on and was disappointing her. When Abigail had said as well in Act 1 “She sends her spirit on me in church; she makes me laugh in prayer” (1154). This
