John Williams

“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…

people in Salem falsely accusing other citizens. Some names that come up when talking about who is ultimately to blame for the deaths of those innocent Puritans during the witch hunt are, the Putnams, Reverend Parris, Governor Danforth, and Abigail Williams. Ann Putnam was focused on assigning blame to others for the death of her children. Once she saw people being accused, she quickly accused others of using witchcraft. Her husband, Thomas Putnam, also prompted his daughter to cry out and…

What does an honorable person look like, is John Proctor an honorable person? the answer is yes, John Proctor is a man that lived in the late 1600’s (137 Background) in a puritan community of Salem Massachusetts. During this time innocent people were being executed and put on trial for being witches. John Proctor is an honorable man because of what he believes in he is a good man and he doesn’t believe in witchcraft. John is honorable by the things he does such as; willing to die for his belief,…

Elizabeth Proctor nor Mary Warren will get in the way of that. Miller creates the character, Abigail Williams with a tenacious and manipulative personality to obtain the person she loves. One of the characters Abigail Williams affects is John Proctor. According to the Puritans, John Proctor commits a sin known as adultery. This began the chaos as soon as Abigail wanted to proceed her love for John although his feelings were not mutual.…

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 that she…

In the Crucible, Abigail Williams was one of the leaders in the play. She was also not afraid to speak her mind, and she also did not care what anybody thought of her. Abigail was also a leader of the girls who blamed other people of witchcraft as well. Abigail blamed other people of doing witchcraft when she was first blamed because she and other girls were caught dancing in the forest. Abigail was also in love with John Proctor, but he didn’t love her back so she so mad she blamed John’s wife…

characters throughout the play’s development and action by generating communal controversies, creating victims of innocent populations, and establishing greater infidelity and sexual strain. The actions of Abigail WIlliams derives from sexual repression. Abigail WIlliams…

One significant theme Miller conveys throughout The Crucible is deciding whether or not it is worth to lie. He shows this through Abigail Williams, John Proctor, and Judge Danforth. From the beginning of The Crucible Abigail Williams lies. Throughout the book she lies, manipulates her friends and the entire town, and eventually sends nineteen innocent people to their deaths (SparkNotes Editors). In Act I Abigail was about to get busted for experimenting with witchcraft, but managed to blame the…

William Wilberforce was born in England on August 24th, 1759. He was born in a house on the High Street of Hull, in the East Riding of Yorkshire and died on July 29th, 1833 at the age of seventy-three. But between these years, he lived a highly influential life – insofar as he determinedly pursued altruistic ends. In particular, he is remembered for his active participation in outlawing the slave trade. In 1789, he spoke in the House of Commons, whereby he contended that slavery was an injustice…

are many characters who impacted the play in many different ways. John Proctor, Elizabeth Proctor, and Abigail Williams are just a few of the characters. Abigail Williams, who is one of the main characters of the play, is the protagonist of the play. She causes most of the problems the town of Salem sees. John Proctor, tries to stay out of everything, but is dragged into it after his affair with Abigail Williams. Elizabeth Proctor, John Proctor’s wife, is completely innocent, and is only…