Who Is Abigail Evil In The Crucible

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In "The Crucible" the greatest villain is Abigail Williams. Abigail is vengeful, selfish, manipulative, and a magnificent liar. Abigail seems to be unique because she the only person that threatens all of her life. And all of her friends are afraid of her. She want one person in the Salem because of that one person she killed a lot of people by lying in the court. At one point she frames Elizabeth so bad that people in Salem starting to believe that she was lying. She said "these people are contacted with devil" and she called then "witches". When people in Salem found out that she was lying, she stole money from her uncle and run away. And she not afraid of anything she even drink blood.
When Abigail left Salem Danforth

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