Who Is Abigail's Innocence In The Crucible

Out of all the characters in the book The Crucible, Abigail Williams stuck out to the audience. She was accused of plenty of things such as being crazy, mentally ill, some called her crazy, and an attention whore but she truly is the victim in the town of Salem because she witnessed her parents die (which would be traumatizing), as a Puritan and a woman she followed strict rules, and someone she loved dearly was merely using her. To begin with the devastating childhood of the innocent Abigail Williams, she first witnessed her parents be wrongfully murdered. Losing both your mother and father is devastating. Especially since they were the only people that cared about her. She not only lost her parents to a tragic accident but she “saw Indians smash [her] dear parents’ heads on the pillow next to [hers],” (Miller 148) The death of her parents helped her prove her innocence because since she did not have a family to grow up with, she had to live house to house being a servant for people because she had no direct family to live with. Being the young girl of seventeen she did not have anyone to help her ¨grow up¨. The only thing she knows how to do is serve people and do what they want to keep them happy. She knows nothing better than what the Proctor Family has taught her. …show more content…
Not only was she a puritan but was also a woman which made her life a whole lot harder. She had to follow the rules of the puritans and have little to no say in the town of Salem. Growing up with no say at all in any concept would be tough. She was a puritan woman and a servant, the absolute bottom of the totem pole. Then once someone was accused of witchcraft she started to understand how she could use that for power. ¨Another theory was that some members in the town of Salem village may have stood of profit of accusing their neighbors of