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    Arthur Miller, Abigail Williams is a character that express the worldly things and honest women, Later she became the liar and wicked women that no one can trust her. Abigail William is an honest women and nice in the beginning of the play. She admitting her unusual behavior in forest. Abigail conversation with John Proctor showing that she is a worldly mind women that the other women in the Salem “Abigail. Uncle, we did dance let you tell them I confessed it.”(Miller 142). “Abigail. Give me a…

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    Miller, a seventeen-year-old girl named Abigail Williams leads a group of girls to wrongfully accuse innocent people and have them killed just because they disliked them. These trials were later known as the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. Abigail Williams was deceitful and dishonest with her false accusations. She accuses Elizabeth Proctor out of lust and greed to take her place as partner of John Proctor. She created chaos in the town of Salem. Abigail Williams took joy from the witch trials,…

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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…

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    motive. The motive Miller chose to use was an affair between Abigail Williams and John Proctor. This affair lead to ABigail obsessing over JOhn and resulting in dangerous tactics to get what she wants. This is why Abigail Williams is the one to mostly blame. Abigail is the one to mostly blame for the events of the Crucible. Abigail’s affair with John is partly what started the whole thing and is what caused it to get as bad as it did. Abigail became obsessed with John. She convinced herself…

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    Many people can link Abigail Williams and McCarthy to each other by observing their behavioral traits and motives. Abigail Williams and McCarthy are excessively manipulative, deceitful, and prone to lying. In The Crucible, Williams expertly lies about almost everything she says and is efficient at keeping her many secrets (and persuading others to do so as…

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    Crucible by Arthur Miller knows that Abigail Williams is a wicked woman. This corrupt lady has accused a slave of witchery for no reason. She has manipulated the other characters so well that all of them believe what she says. A reason for this is because everyone thinks she is a sweet puritan girl. To make matters worse, she has had an affair with Elizabeth’s husband, John Proctor. Abigail is an unabashed liar who charges witchcraft against those who oppose her. Abigail first shows her evil…

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    Massachusetts Bay Colony during 1692. The play revolves around a female teen named Abigail Williams who was insanely in love with a married man named John Proctor and turned to witchcraft to kill John’s wife. Abigail is also extremely controlling over the other girls who had been apart of the witch trials. In The Crucible, Arthur Miller tries to use details to explain actions and emotions from all the characters. Abigail Williams was one of the very first accused in the Salem witch trials. She…

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    in Salem? No one other than Abigail Williams of course. Abigail was just a normal girl who lived in Salem. She once went into the woods with a group of girls and from there everything changed. The girls one by one put different items in a cauldron and said the name of the person they adored. Abigail then got naked and started dancing with the group of girls and when they got caught she then later faked to be under a spell and panicked the whole town. Abigail Williams was responsible for the…

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    though she is only a young girl. Abigail Williams caused death through Salem by accusing people of witch craft; by having fits in public to try and get with John. First Paragraph: Abigail Williams. Abigail is the least complex out of all of the characters. She is more of the villain in the play even more than Parris and Danforth. She tells alot of lies and trys to take control of the town with the witch trials. Her motivation is to get back at Elizabeth proctor. Abigail is an orphan and an…

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    Abigail Williams and I “Gah! I’d almost forgot how strong you are John Proctor!” This is a quote from Abigail Williams in the play The Crucible, when she grabbed John's arm. John came back to the town of Salem because he had heard about the witchcraft going on in the town . He wanted to see what was going on, and what all the commotion was actually about. Abigail missed John Proctor a lot from the last time they saw…

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