In the play, The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, a community is consumed by a storm of delayed anger using witchcraft as a way to rid and punish the person that wronged them over the many years. The reason that the storm of anger starts in Salem, Massachusetts is because a young, adolescent woman, Abigail, decides to take fate into her own hands. With Abigail starting the chaotic storm, came great consequences and turns neighbors against neighbors. The community of Salem is destroyed by the deceit and manipulation of Abigail Williams.
Abigail begins to show deceit by lying about the reason of why she was in the woods dancing. Abigail, 17 years of age, is a housemaid to the Proctor family and wanted to be with John Proctor and get rid of …show more content…
To be mistrusted, denied, questioned like a…’ ‘Child, I do not mistrust you....’ ‘Let you beware, Mister Danforth- think you to be so mighty that the power of Hell may not turn your wits? Beware of it! There is-’ ‘What is it, child?’ ‘I... I know not. A wind, a cold wind has come.’ ‘Abby!’ ‘Your Honor I freeze!’ ‘They‘re pretending!’ ‘She is cold, your Honor, touch her!’ ‘Mary, do you send this shadow on me?’ ‘ Lord save me!’ ‘ I freeze I freeze.’ ‘ Abby, don‘t do that!’ ‘Mary Warren, do you witch her? I say to you, do you send your spirit out!’ ‘Let me go, Mister Proctor, I cannot, I cannot…’ ‘Oh, Heavenly Father, take away this shadow.’ ‘Whore! How do you dare call Heaven!’ ‘Man! What do you…’ ‘It is a whore.’ ‘Mister Danforth, he‘s lying!’” (113-115). In one of the few instances that one tries to stand up to Abigail Williams and restore peace in Salem, Abigail plays the victim of situation and successfully accomplishes it because she plays on the weakness of the authority at hand. Abigail, in the beginning of the play, was just a 17 year of girl who took a situation that could have made her the enemy of herself, but instead used her power of observation to take hold of that situation. Using fears and own personal beliefs to control one person is dangerous. It can lead to having, that one, individual person to gain control of too much power; there is a hierarchy of life, and when people bypass the unspoken rules, in a way they are playing life instead of living
Abigail begins to show deceit by lying about the reason of why she was in the woods dancing. Abigail, 17 years of age, is a housemaid to the Proctor family and wanted to be with John Proctor and get rid of …show more content…
To be mistrusted, denied, questioned like a…’ ‘Child, I do not mistrust you....’ ‘Let you beware, Mister Danforth- think you to be so mighty that the power of Hell may not turn your wits? Beware of it! There is-’ ‘What is it, child?’ ‘I... I know not. A wind, a cold wind has come.’ ‘Abby!’ ‘Your Honor I freeze!’ ‘They‘re pretending!’ ‘She is cold, your Honor, touch her!’ ‘Mary, do you send this shadow on me?’ ‘ Lord save me!’ ‘ I freeze I freeze.’ ‘ Abby, don‘t do that!’ ‘Mary Warren, do you witch her? I say to you, do you send your spirit out!’ ‘Let me go, Mister Proctor, I cannot, I cannot…’ ‘Oh, Heavenly Father, take away this shadow.’ ‘Whore! How do you dare call Heaven!’ ‘Man! What do you…’ ‘It is a whore.’ ‘Mister Danforth, he‘s lying!’” (113-115). In one of the few instances that one tries to stand up to Abigail Williams and restore peace in Salem, Abigail plays the victim of situation and successfully accomplishes it because she plays on the weakness of the authority at hand. Abigail, in the beginning of the play, was just a 17 year of girl who took a situation that could have made her the enemy of herself, but instead used her power of observation to take hold of that situation. Using fears and own personal beliefs to control one person is dangerous. It can lead to having, that one, individual person to gain control of too much power; there is a hierarchy of life, and when people bypass the unspoken rules, in a way they are playing life instead of living