The play The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, took place in Salem, Massachusetts, in the late 1600s. This play starts out with many girls from Salem trying to conjure up spirits to get boys to like them. Mr. Parris, a pastor at the Salem church, caught the girls in the act of trying to conjure up spirits, and interrupted it which scared everyone. When he did this, some of the girls were passed out and wouldn 't wake up. This lead to a lot of people to believe witchcraft was involved. Mr. Parris asked Mr. Hale to come to Salem and investigate the situation. Mr. Hale interrogated many of the girls, one of which was named Abigail. Abigail was one of the main instigators with conjuring up spirits. When she was being interrogated, she would snitch on
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In this play, Abigail lies and falsely accuses girls much of the time in order to keep herself out of trouble. An example of this would be when Mr. Hale was interrogating Tituba and Abigail lied to get Tituba in trouble and to keep herself out of it. Abigail said, “She [Tituba] comes to me every night to go and drink blood!”(pg. 1154). Abigail also lied by saying, “Sometimes I wake and find myself standing in the open doorway and not a stitch on my body! I always hear her [Tituba] laughing in my sleep. I hear her [Tituba] singing her Barbados songs and tempting me…”(pg. 1154). If Abigail would quit lying and maybe even confess that she lied, much of the conflict in the play would come to a halt. There would still be a lot of conflict but major parts of it would …show more content…
Abigail is in love with John Proctor. In the past, John had secretly gone to Salem and slept with Abigail even though he had a wife. Abigail hated John’s wife, Elizabeth. So when she was at the conjuring, she wished Elizabeth dead so she could be with John. John began to feel guilty for what he had done though, and told Abigail that he will no longer be seeing her. This angered Abigail and made more conflict in the play. So in a vengeful way she turned Elizabeth in for trying to kill her through witchcraft. If Abigail would stop all of this nonsense and accept that John Proctor has a loving wife, this conflict would
In this play, Abigail lies and falsely accuses girls much of the time in order to keep herself out of trouble. An example of this would be when Mr. Hale was interrogating Tituba and Abigail lied to get Tituba in trouble and to keep herself out of it. Abigail said, “She [Tituba] comes to me every night to go and drink blood!”(pg. 1154). Abigail also lied by saying, “Sometimes I wake and find myself standing in the open doorway and not a stitch on my body! I always hear her [Tituba] laughing in my sleep. I hear her [Tituba] singing her Barbados songs and tempting me…”(pg. 1154). If Abigail would quit lying and maybe even confess that she lied, much of the conflict in the play would come to a halt. There would still be a lot of conflict but major parts of it would …show more content…
Abigail is in love with John Proctor. In the past, John had secretly gone to Salem and slept with Abigail even though he had a wife. Abigail hated John’s wife, Elizabeth. So when she was at the conjuring, she wished Elizabeth dead so she could be with John. John began to feel guilty for what he had done though, and told Abigail that he will no longer be seeing her. This angered Abigail and made more conflict in the play. So in a vengeful way she turned Elizabeth in for trying to kill her through witchcraft. If Abigail would stop all of this nonsense and accept that John Proctor has a loving wife, this conflict would