“Your pulling down heaven and raising up a whore.”(Miller 1152) In the crucible by Arthur Miller Abigail williams has an affair with John Proctor which leads to abigail getting attacked to John. John feels dreadful about committing adultery so he tries to keep his distance from Abigail. Abigail responds by accusing a plethora of people of witchcraft after getting caught in the woods dancing which was a sin in 17th century Puritan society. A fair amount of people could receive blame in the Crucible for all the deaths that happened but for the most part, Abigail williams is to blame for a lot of reasons. Abigail Williams is the most responsible for the deaths in The Crucible because she lied to the court, Went great lengths to prove she is telling
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In act three, Abigail Williams is accused of lying by Mary Warren. When accused, Abigail williams starts to go Ballistic and pretends to see Mary Warren's spirit attack her in court. When Abigail falsely accuses Marry, she gives in and confesses to Witchcraft because she wanted to save her life. This has an important relation to my thesis because it explains that Abigail Williams obviously lied to the court with absolutely no remorse. she also knows that accusing Mary Warren might get her killed yet she does it anyway. Although this is already convincing, there is more proof that Abigail Williams is to blame for the …show more content…
Abigail threatens the other girls when she says,”I will come to you in the black of some terrible night and I will bring a pointy reckoning that will shudder you. and you know i can do it.” She also said,”I have seen some reddish work done at night and i can make you wish you have never seen the sun go down”(Miller I). This is important because it shows that she leads the group of girls that accuse innocent people leading them to die. These quotes more than less prove that Abigail williams is to blame for the deaths in Salem Massachusetts in
In act three, Abigail Williams is accused of lying by Mary Warren. When accused, Abigail williams starts to go Ballistic and pretends to see Mary Warren's spirit attack her in court. When Abigail falsely accuses Marry, she gives in and confesses to Witchcraft because she wanted to save her life. This has an important relation to my thesis because it explains that Abigail Williams obviously lied to the court with absolutely no remorse. she also knows that accusing Mary Warren might get her killed yet she does it anyway. Although this is already convincing, there is more proof that Abigail Williams is to blame for the …show more content…
Abigail threatens the other girls when she says,”I will come to you in the black of some terrible night and I will bring a pointy reckoning that will shudder you. and you know i can do it.” She also said,”I have seen some reddish work done at night and i can make you wish you have never seen the sun go down”(Miller I). This is important because it shows that she leads the group of girls that accuse innocent people leading them to die. These quotes more than less prove that Abigail williams is to blame for the deaths in Salem Massachusetts in