Events Abigail helped Occur
“You have been created in order that you might make a difference. You have within you the power to change the world.” is a quote by Andy Andrews. In the tragic play “The Crucible” by Arthur Miller there is a girl named Abigail Williams. Abigail made many events occur by the actions she took. She had many past events in her life that influenced her behavior, but none of the events can pardon her from the choices she made. In Salem Abigail starts the witch trial. This causes many innocent people to die! In the Crucible Abigail is to blame for the events because she threatened to hurt people, is selfish, and at the end she runs off.
The first thing Abigail does that leads to the trials is she threatens others, …show more content…
She is selfish when she wants to get Elizabeth back from Proctor. Abigail was having an affair with John Proctor and he chose his wife. Proctor sends Abigail over the edge when he says, “Abby I may think of you softly from time to time, but I will cut off my hand before I ever reach for you again” (Miller, 23). After this talk with Proctor she wants Elizabeth gone. Since everyone believes her when she accuses someone of being a witch therefore all she has to do is blame Elizabeth for something. If she was not so selfish she would not have set up Elizabeth by sending Mary Warren in with a poppet. “conjures me? Why no sir, I am entirely myself, I think, let you ask Susanna Walcott. She saw me sewing it in court or better still ask, Abby sat beside me when I made it” (Miller, 76). She did not even tell her friend what she was doing. After Mary told Cheever that, he said “The girl, the Williams girl, Abigail Williams, Sir, she sat at dinner in reverend Parris’s house… and he goes to save her and stuck two inches in the flesh of her belly, he drew a needle out” (Miller, 79). Abigail saw Mary put the needle there and then new what to do to get Elizabeth out of sight. When Proctor cheated on Elizabeth with Abigail this was the event that caused all of this to happen. Abigail should have known better and should have not used revenge to get back at …show more content…
Abigail could have stopped all the killings and deaths if she would just have confessed. Instead she chose in the end to run off, which leads everyone else to be convicted to be hanged. No excuse can pardon her because she knew exactly what she was doing. Abigail had many chances to make it up. At the end of the story Abigail, still stayed the same. If you were innocent and was sent to be hanged, would you confess to something you did not
“You have been created in order that you might make a difference. You have within you the power to change the world.” is a quote by Andy Andrews. In the tragic play “The Crucible” by Arthur Miller there is a girl named Abigail Williams. Abigail made many events occur by the actions she took. She had many past events in her life that influenced her behavior, but none of the events can pardon her from the choices she made. In Salem Abigail starts the witch trial. This causes many innocent people to die! In the Crucible Abigail is to blame for the events because she threatened to hurt people, is selfish, and at the end she runs off.
The first thing Abigail does that leads to the trials is she threatens others, …show more content…
She is selfish when she wants to get Elizabeth back from Proctor. Abigail was having an affair with John Proctor and he chose his wife. Proctor sends Abigail over the edge when he says, “Abby I may think of you softly from time to time, but I will cut off my hand before I ever reach for you again” (Miller, 23). After this talk with Proctor she wants Elizabeth gone. Since everyone believes her when she accuses someone of being a witch therefore all she has to do is blame Elizabeth for something. If she was not so selfish she would not have set up Elizabeth by sending Mary Warren in with a poppet. “conjures me? Why no sir, I am entirely myself, I think, let you ask Susanna Walcott. She saw me sewing it in court or better still ask, Abby sat beside me when I made it” (Miller, 76). She did not even tell her friend what she was doing. After Mary told Cheever that, he said “The girl, the Williams girl, Abigail Williams, Sir, she sat at dinner in reverend Parris’s house… and he goes to save her and stuck two inches in the flesh of her belly, he drew a needle out” (Miller, 79). Abigail saw Mary put the needle there and then new what to do to get Elizabeth out of sight. When Proctor cheated on Elizabeth with Abigail this was the event that caused all of this to happen. Abigail should have known better and should have not used revenge to get back at …show more content…
Abigail could have stopped all the killings and deaths if she would just have confessed. Instead she chose in the end to run off, which leads everyone else to be convicted to be hanged. No excuse can pardon her because she knew exactly what she was doing. Abigail had many chances to make it up. At the end of the story Abigail, still stayed the same. If you were innocent and was sent to be hanged, would you confess to something you did not