In a small quiet community of Puritans there has been whispers and rumors of the devil possessing women and using them as witches. In the Crucible by Arthur Miller, no one is safe no one is innocent and everyone is guilty unless they beg for forgiveness. Because of a secretive event in the woods one night, many are killed from a simple cry of “witch!” from a manipulative girl. That girl is Abigail the antagonist of the Crucible, because she is constantly trying to get rid of Elizabeth to marry John, she seduces him to leave his wife and she is not afraid to kill anyone to get John.
As the antagonist Abigail, who is still in love with John Proctor, sees Elizabeth as an obstacle to their forbidden relationship. After Proctor and Abigail share a intimate time together, Abigail becomes obsessed with him. John however soon regrets his action and repents to his wife, which enrages Abigail. So she goes to the woods one day with a bunch of other young girls in Salem to cast spells. Yet when …show more content…
Whenever the two of them are alone Abigail takes advantage of the situation and makes advances on John to remind him of his betrayal against Elizabeth and why he did it. Even though what happened between them was because of a heat in the moment she is determined to have him. John comes into town to see what is happening in Salem concerning the rumors of witches. He knows real reason is not anything as serious as witches but instead the cause is nothing but young girls taking the attention off of their secret meeting in the woods. Abigail uses the time they have alone to persuade him that he still has lingering feeling for her, “you loved me then and you do now!’ (1. 428). Proctor has difficulty forgetting his past or even the opportunity to move on when Abigail is always chasing him and coming between him and earning Elizabeth’s
As the antagonist Abigail, who is still in love with John Proctor, sees Elizabeth as an obstacle to their forbidden relationship. After Proctor and Abigail share a intimate time together, Abigail becomes obsessed with him. John however soon regrets his action and repents to his wife, which enrages Abigail. So she goes to the woods one day with a bunch of other young girls in Salem to cast spells. Yet when …show more content…
Whenever the two of them are alone Abigail takes advantage of the situation and makes advances on John to remind him of his betrayal against Elizabeth and why he did it. Even though what happened between them was because of a heat in the moment she is determined to have him. John comes into town to see what is happening in Salem concerning the rumors of witches. He knows real reason is not anything as serious as witches but instead the cause is nothing but young girls taking the attention off of their secret meeting in the woods. Abigail uses the time they have alone to persuade him that he still has lingering feeling for her, “you loved me then and you do now!’ (1. 428). Proctor has difficulty forgetting his past or even the opportunity to move on when Abigail is always chasing him and coming between him and earning Elizabeth’s