Examples Of Abigail In The Crucible

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In “The Crucible” a hysteria started about witchcraft, and the one most to blame is Abigail, because she is a liar, sneaky and evil. First Abigail is a liar, because she lies about doing rituals in the forest. For instance she says, “We did dance, Uncle, and when you leaped In “The Crucible” a hysteria started about witchcraft, and the one most to blame is Abigail, because she is a liar, sneaky and evil. First Abigail is a liar, because she lies about doing rituals in the forest. For instance she says, “We did dance, Uncle, and when you leaped out of the bush so suddenly, Betty was frightened and then she fainted. And there‘s the whole of it,”(10). This shows she is a liar who started the hysteria, because she is stating

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