In the Crucible, there are a lot of deaths, accusations of witchcraft, arguing & lies, but there is one person responsible for the problems happening in Salem. Abigail Williams is responsible for everything that is happening in Salem due to the cause of not admitting to doing witchcraft, threatening the young girls from Salem, accusing innocent people, & lying in court.
In Act 1: scene one, The Crucible begins with Samuel Parris' daughter, Betty, who lays unconscious in her bed. Parris the night before discovers his niece, Abigail, Betty, & his black slave named Tituba dancing in the forest just outside of Salem at midnight. When he comes out of the bushes, Betty suddenly falls un unconscious. The next morning when they can't figure out why …show more content…
Abigail then threatens the girls about speaking a single word about what they did in the forest. " Let either of you breath a word, or edge of a word, about the other things, and I will come to you in the black of some terrible night and I will bring s pointy reckoning that will shudder you… I can make you had never seen the sun go down!" ( Miller 175). Abigail threatened the girls that she will kill them if they speak about drinking blood to cast a spell on Elizabeth Proctor to kill her. Abigail not only fear the discovery of the cast spell, but also the affair she had with John Proctor …show more content…
Tituba is one of the people who made it possible for witchcraft. Without Tituba's help Abigail wouldn't have access to casting a spell, drinking blood, dancing around a pot. Abigail would neither have accused people in the beginning about witchcraft or word wouldn't have gotten out about witchcraft if she didn't have done it.
Although Tituba made it possible for witchcraft, she confessed during her whipping because she knew she was a black slave without any power or rights & would most likely be hanged. She confessed because she truly wanted to seek forgiveness & wanted to be loved by God.
In the crucible, after all the lying, threatening, accusation, & witchcraft involved we can say that not everyone seems who they show to be. In the end, true hidden colors will be revealed & everyone will see the truth. Throughout all the chaos in Salem, we know that Abigail was never to be trusted, but sometimes people don't see past a fake act by a young girl.
Works cited:
Miller, Arthur. "The Crucible." The Language of Literature: American Literature, edited by Arthur N. Applebee et al, McDougal
In Act 1: scene one, The Crucible begins with Samuel Parris' daughter, Betty, who lays unconscious in her bed. Parris the night before discovers his niece, Abigail, Betty, & his black slave named Tituba dancing in the forest just outside of Salem at midnight. When he comes out of the bushes, Betty suddenly falls un unconscious. The next morning when they can't figure out why …show more content…
Abigail then threatens the girls about speaking a single word about what they did in the forest. " Let either of you breath a word, or edge of a word, about the other things, and I will come to you in the black of some terrible night and I will bring s pointy reckoning that will shudder you… I can make you had never seen the sun go down!" ( Miller 175). Abigail threatened the girls that she will kill them if they speak about drinking blood to cast a spell on Elizabeth Proctor to kill her. Abigail not only fear the discovery of the cast spell, but also the affair she had with John Proctor …show more content…
Tituba is one of the people who made it possible for witchcraft. Without Tituba's help Abigail wouldn't have access to casting a spell, drinking blood, dancing around a pot. Abigail would neither have accused people in the beginning about witchcraft or word wouldn't have gotten out about witchcraft if she didn't have done it.
Although Tituba made it possible for witchcraft, she confessed during her whipping because she knew she was a black slave without any power or rights & would most likely be hanged. She confessed because she truly wanted to seek forgiveness & wanted to be loved by God.
In the crucible, after all the lying, threatening, accusation, & witchcraft involved we can say that not everyone seems who they show to be. In the end, true hidden colors will be revealed & everyone will see the truth. Throughout all the chaos in Salem, we know that Abigail was never to be trusted, but sometimes people don't see past a fake act by a young girl.
Works cited:
Miller, Arthur. "The Crucible." The Language of Literature: American Literature, edited by Arthur N. Applebee et al, McDougal