Abigail and because of this she begins to fall for him and she tells him that she “loves him” and wants to be with him, but John is married to Elizabeth, and because of that Abigail is willing to do anything in her
“power” to get rid of her. Making John proctor make a life or death decision.
At the beginning of the play, it is known to Abigail has a thing for john. Only issues is she doesn’t like that john is married to Elizabeth, …show more content…
She basically tells proctor to choose her over his wife. “I know how you clutched my back behind your house and sweated like a stallion whenever I come near! Or did I dream that? It’s she who put me out and loved me then and you do now?” (Miller 149) which this quote insist that she knows proctor still loves her, and that hes going to leave his “horrible” wife but proctor tells her “Abby, that’s a wild thing to say….” (Miller 149) which this is saying that he is never going to leave his wife and stay with her, that she is crazy for believing it. Just because the fact that he is married and has two sons. You can tell that she wants to persuade proctor into leaving his wife and getting together with her, but he’s seeing to it. He’s not falling into her temptations again…. So he pushes her away and that makes her angry and even more jealous and is willing to do whatever she has to.
Towards the middle of the play, there starts to be an issue with the girls to Salem and how …show more content…
So she falsely accused Elizabeth of being a witch. Mary warren then comes home to tell Elizabeth and proctor of the news she had heard in court.
Abigail takes revenge upon Elizabeth proctor. She goes and then accuses Elizabeth of witchcraft. “I am being falsely accused?” (Miller 149) this is Elizabeth trying to process who could have accused her of being a witch. She (Mary Warren) refuses to tell Elizabeth who accused her of witchcraft, because she swore to the court. Elizabeth, Mary Warren, and proctor were greeted by hale to come and tell them that his wife was being accused in court for questioning of her being a with or not. So , because of
Elizabeth falsely accused she must testify in court. She has agreed to it because of the fact that she is no witch, but she tells proctor confesses of what he has been told by Abigail saying that is all a lie and that is “Naught to do Witchcraft…” (Miller 173) Proctor Finally tells hale that everything that is happening is not because of witchcraft but because of the fact that everything that is happening is not because of witchcraft but because of the fact that Abigail fancies him and wants to be with him. So she is