Abigail is first introduced when she is accused of dancing and drinking a blood charm with Tituba, Reverend Parris’ slave. Abigail Williams, Betty…
In “The Crucible” (1952) the author, Arthur Miller, makes it appear as though Abigail Williams, one of the accused, is guilty for starting the Salem Witch trials which started in 1692 and ended around 1693 the witch trials took a total of 20 lives with 19 being hung the other one was pressed to death. If somebody had the option to avoid all punishment without any consequence they would most likely do so. So if anyone were in Abigail’s position being accused of witchcraft and being threatened to be beaten or hung, would they confess to avoid punishment or keep their silence and suffer? Would they take the blame and live to see another day or would they hold their tongue and perish? If anyone in their right mind said they would confess they wouldn’t…
Abigail claims that Tituba forced her into witchcraft, and that once she was with the devil she saw others such as Goody Good and Goody Osborne with him, claiming them to witchcraft. As the story moves along Abigail blames more…
She is accusing these people for being with the devil and being a witch. It’s just a lie to get herself out of being killed. Once she did, Abigail joined and a lot of other people did too. In the trials, people started to accuse others to try to get the attention off of them. They would even accuse innocent people.…
Elizabeth, even with her life on the line, realizes being bitter and taking her anger out on others was not the right answer. Even when she was accused and knew she was about to have her life on the line at court, she still remained calm and took up for one of the main people that has to do with sentencing people. When Reverend Hale was talking to her and John about their Christian faith, she said “I think, maybe, we have been too hard with Mr. Parris. I think so.” On the other hand, Abigail is the epitome of jealousy.…
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.…
Abigail then said that it was Elizabeth’s spirit that stabbed her. She was really just trying to get Elizabeth accused of being a witch so she could have John Proctor to herself. Abigail tried to make Elizabeth look bad when she told John Proctor “She is blackening my name in the village! She is telling lies about me! She is a cold, sniveling woman, and you bend to her!…
The Crucible is a book written by Arthur Miller this story takes place in Salem, Massachusetts. Throughout this story we learn about the witch trials, the witch trials were a time in history where anyone could accuse whoever they wanted of witchcraft. If they were found guilty they were executed by hangings in front of the whole town. People had many motivations for crying witchcraft, some wanted land others wanted vengeance, vengeance will be the biggest player in The Crucible. Abigail Williams was a beautiful young girl who lived in Salem with her uncle, Reverend Parris.…
Abigail is fairly sadistic and misguided young girl, who effectively uses the people around her for her own benefit. As she is a character with a self-preservation mentality her goal becomes to not only to eliminate Elizabeth Proctor, but to maintain her lie and prevent anyone from finding out that she ever deceived them. When accusations are being thrown at Abigail in court and the truth is slightly visible she insistently denies it and states, “Abigail: I have been hurt, Mr. Danforth; I have seen my blood runnin’ out! I have been near murdered every day because I done my duty pointing out the Devil’s people- and this I my reward?…
The Salem witch trials took place in 1692. Several girls faked being sick and then everyone in Salem, Massachusetts became suspicious about it. All of the women in Salem were accused and out of all of the men and women that were accused, 19 of them were put to death by hanging and a bunch of other people died in jail or by other causes. In the play The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, the story follows that timeline with real events and people and is based on a true story. Twentieth Century Fox even made a movie about it because the story is so thrilling and tragic to the modern age.…
Abigail blames Tituba for all the witchcraft performances relating to Ruth and Betty. Tituba surprisingly admits that she had affiliations with the devil and the people involved in witchcraft. Abigail also admits that she had relations with the devil, and lists all the people she saw with the devil. Betty also wakes up and lists some of the people she saw…
Abigail Williams is a major character in Arthur Miller’s play “The Crucible”. She’s a 17 year old woman who lived in the town of Salem, Massachusetts. Abigail is a strong, leader of the other girls and is partially responsible for the trouble that comes. Throughout “The Crucible”, Arthur Miller reveals many things about Abigail. He reveals secrets Abigail possesses.…
Abigail as well as the other girls incorrectly began to accuse townspeople of witchcraft. When John knows that Abigail is lying, Elizabeth has her first alabi. “God forbid you keep that from the court, John. I think they must be told” (Miller 53). Since Elizabeth knows that Abigail is a lier, her initial goal is to provide examples that prove she is a fraud, so therefore wants no information held back.…
She used people to get her way and got more popular as the Salem Witch Trials grew larger. Her lust, selfishness, and dishonesty disconnected her from a normal life. She made complete inaccurate accusations against innocent citizens of Salem. Her lust led her to get Elizabeth Proctor arrested and John Proctor, her lover, hanged. Abigail’s selfishness to get her way got many people arrested.…
After Proctor refuses to have her anymore, she plans to take Elizabeth out through having her accused and hanged for witchcraft. “Abigail were stabbed tonight; a needle were found stuck in her belly-” (Miller 72). This excerpt displays how committed Abigail was to her cause since she was not above hurting herself in order to condemn Elizabeth. She becomes fully devoted to accusing people of witchcraft in order to sentence Elizabeth and unfortunately it takes time for people to question her truthfulness because Abby is very convincing and has a strong following of people behind her.…