In the Crucible Puritan women are not equal to the Puritan men. Many of the female characters, who are ideal examples of a respectable woman at the time, only speak when spoken to. They may have a valid opinion on a subject that the men are talking about but until she is addressed, she will not speak. That in and of itself is enough to see that these characters are not viewed as equals to their male counterparts. Abigail is portrayed as an angry, bratty, rude character and although it never clearly states this, you can see this easily. A portion of your distasteful opinion of her comes when she interrupts and speaks out of turn, something which then men in the book do often. On page one hundred Abigail yells and interrupts Danforth saying “Let
