In the play “The Crucible” we are exposed to many characters, they all show different traits. There is one standout character in this play and her name is Abigail Williams. Arthur Miller made Abigail Williams the vehicle that drives the play. She is the character who basically starts the entire feud in Salem and she continues to add fuel to the fire until the very end. Abigail Williams is twisted in the head and that is what makes her such a crucial part to the play, without her chaotic antics, what would the witch hunt even be about? So, since Abigail Williams is motivated by the need to feel love and have attention, her decision to cause false alarm through Salem creates mass destruction by the end of the play. The motivation of Abigail
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Abigail Williams is an orphan girl, she lives with her uncle and cousin, and she watched her own parents get brutally killed by natives. Her need for love is obvious throughout the entire play. Abigail has done some pretty extreme things in her short 17 years of life, starting with her affair accompanied with John Proctor. She started working for the Proctor’s as a maid, she did the basic household chores and that was all. The Proctor’s then dismissed her supposedly because of her lack of work ethic, and this lead to serious mind problems within Abigail. Later in the play we find out that Proctor and Abigail had secretly been together and that Abigail then shows signs of jealousy towards Elizabeth Proctor. Abigail’s need for control is very obvious at the beginning of the play, she is in the woods with all of the other girls and then they get caught by Parris. Suddenly, Betty starts acting absurd and Abigail threatens Betty so …show more content…
From the beginning she had let John Proctor commit adultery with her and she lied about why she got kicked out of their home. "Abby, I may think of you softly from time to time, but I will cut off my hand before I reach for you again. We never touched. Ay, but we did." This was one of my favorite conversations between Abigail and John, because it shows that they did have an intimate relationship. Salem started as a peaceful, small, and Puritan community until 1692, when the witch accusations began. When Abigail is caught in the woods dancing and chanting, Parris begins to question her about what went on and he threatens to kick her out of his house and mark her name through Salem, Abigail is then scared and guilty but yet, she doesn’t admit. Tituba, the slave from Barbados, gets accused by Abigail, saying that she was the one who was calling the Devil and Tituba was the one who made her do all of the things that Parris witnessed. As soon as Tituba confesses to being innocent and says that she wants to be with God, Abigail then gets more scared and pressured and says that she wants to be with God as well, the girls follow Abigail’s lead into saying that they want the light of Jesus to be with them. The group of girls all screaming and yelling after Abigail’s lead begin to scream the townspeople names, by saying that they say those accused few with the Devil. This leads to major problems and the start of a
Abigail Williams is an orphan girl, she lives with her uncle and cousin, and she watched her own parents get brutally killed by natives. Her need for love is obvious throughout the entire play. Abigail has done some pretty extreme things in her short 17 years of life, starting with her affair accompanied with John Proctor. She started working for the Proctor’s as a maid, she did the basic household chores and that was all. The Proctor’s then dismissed her supposedly because of her lack of work ethic, and this lead to serious mind problems within Abigail. Later in the play we find out that Proctor and Abigail had secretly been together and that Abigail then shows signs of jealousy towards Elizabeth Proctor. Abigail’s need for control is very obvious at the beginning of the play, she is in the woods with all of the other girls and then they get caught by Parris. Suddenly, Betty starts acting absurd and Abigail threatens Betty so …show more content…
From the beginning she had let John Proctor commit adultery with her and she lied about why she got kicked out of their home. "Abby, I may think of you softly from time to time, but I will cut off my hand before I reach for you again. We never touched. Ay, but we did." This was one of my favorite conversations between Abigail and John, because it shows that they did have an intimate relationship. Salem started as a peaceful, small, and Puritan community until 1692, when the witch accusations began. When Abigail is caught in the woods dancing and chanting, Parris begins to question her about what went on and he threatens to kick her out of his house and mark her name through Salem, Abigail is then scared and guilty but yet, she doesn’t admit. Tituba, the slave from Barbados, gets accused by Abigail, saying that she was the one who was calling the Devil and Tituba was the one who made her do all of the things that Parris witnessed. As soon as Tituba confesses to being innocent and says that she wants to be with God, Abigail then gets more scared and pressured and says that she wants to be with God as well, the girls follow Abigail’s lead into saying that they want the light of Jesus to be with them. The group of girls all screaming and yelling after Abigail’s lead begin to scream the townspeople names, by saying that they say those accused few with the Devil. This leads to major problems and the start of a