Why Is Abigail Williams Important In The Crucible

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“Why-? She Gulps. Why do you come, yellow bird?”(Miller 114). Abigail Williams has really outdone it with her lies and craving for vengeance. It all starts with her dancing in the forest, and turns into a huge tempest of pointing fingers and accusing innocent villagers for doing things irrelevant to witchcraft. Driven by vengeance, Abigail Williams, in Arthur Miller’s, The Crucible, Decieves and accuses; ultimately twenty people are hanged unjustly. This girl’s desire for retribution leads to Reverend Hale’s arrival, followed by the accusation of Elizabeth Proctor, and finally the execution of John Proctor who Abigail Williams desires so badly.
After much havoc in the village the villagers are happy to receive a visit from Reverend Hale, who Abigail then starts to fakely open herself to. The Crucible riddles, “I saw Goody Hawkins with the devil! I saw Goody Bibber with the devil! I saw Goody Booth with the devil!”(Miller 48). She keeps blaming people, getting revenge on them, thinking she could get away with all of it. This sample explains precisely how much of the devil she has in her because she keeps blaming random people and thinks she can be god's eyes. Reverend Hale seems to believe Abigail and listens to her in hopes of finding witches. but as time stretches on he starts to doubt Abigail as she pins Elizabeth Proctor to
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She only does this though, because Elizabeth’s husband had an affair with Abigail. “Pointing to Elizabeth: ‘I saved her life today!’”(Miller 59). This evidence tells us that Elizabeth is blamed and it's pretty obvious who blamed her. It could only be Abigail Williams because she is so thirsty for John Proctor that she will do anything to get him. The village has gone insane at this point, people keep accusing others because of vengeance, Abigail is one of those people who incriminate, and only because of something she must

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