The Deception of Abigail
There are those who use lies or excuses to avoid punishment caused by improper actions. Some children and young adults will hunt for ways of redemption as they still develop propriety. In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, Abigail Williams is delusional, devious, and vengeful. She hopes to get what she wants by manipulating people around her to do her bidding. Abigail’s traits cause her to be dissembling without foreseeing the consequences that would come to harm others. Abigail Williams is a pathological liar, and she only chooses to accept certain facts which causes her to be delusional. John Proctor pushed Abigail away because of guilt, and he never gave hint of leading her on after their act of lechery. Yet, desperation made her truly believe that Proctor still cared for her when she’s disputing, “you loved me, John Proctor, and whatever sin it is, you love me yet!” (1. 1037). As the story develops, Abigail adds to the acts of the witchcraft accusations by hurting herself to make the court accept the allegations made towards …show more content…
Abigail’s overall objective was to get rid of Elizabeth to have John to herself by gradually working her way to accuse Elizabeth of witchcraft. Elizabeth had suspected of Abigail’s true intentions, and when the Elizabeth learns of the first charge against her, she retorts, “she wants me dead. I knew all week it would come to this!” (2.1058). John later becomes upset with those who fail to recognize the nonsense from where all the prosecutions were coming from when Cheever came to arrest Elizabeth. Declaring what was evident, John states, “vengeance is walking in Salem… now the little crazy children jangling the keys of the kingdom and common vengeance writes the laws” (2. 1069). The leader of the children who were in power was Abigail, who was out to complete her well devised and manipulative
There are those who use lies or excuses to avoid punishment caused by improper actions. Some children and young adults will hunt for ways of redemption as they still develop propriety. In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, Abigail Williams is delusional, devious, and vengeful. She hopes to get what she wants by manipulating people around her to do her bidding. Abigail’s traits cause her to be dissembling without foreseeing the consequences that would come to harm others. Abigail Williams is a pathological liar, and she only chooses to accept certain facts which causes her to be delusional. John Proctor pushed Abigail away because of guilt, and he never gave hint of leading her on after their act of lechery. Yet, desperation made her truly believe that Proctor still cared for her when she’s disputing, “you loved me, John Proctor, and whatever sin it is, you love me yet!” (1. 1037). As the story develops, Abigail adds to the acts of the witchcraft accusations by hurting herself to make the court accept the allegations made towards …show more content…
Abigail’s overall objective was to get rid of Elizabeth to have John to herself by gradually working her way to accuse Elizabeth of witchcraft. Elizabeth had suspected of Abigail’s true intentions, and when the Elizabeth learns of the first charge against her, she retorts, “she wants me dead. I knew all week it would come to this!” (2.1058). John later becomes upset with those who fail to recognize the nonsense from where all the prosecutions were coming from when Cheever came to arrest Elizabeth. Declaring what was evident, John states, “vengeance is walking in Salem… now the little crazy children jangling the keys of the kingdom and common vengeance writes the laws” (2. 1069). The leader of the children who were in power was Abigail, who was out to complete her well devised and manipulative