Abigail, Crucible

abigail: she is referred to by parris as a child. she is 17 and she is an adolescent girl. she is a young woman, having passions and desires. but she is thought of as a child, which causes tension.

reputation in here is very important. NAME has connotations of reputation/honuor. ironic, because at least one person in the town knows that she aint entirely clear.
"There be no blush about my name." parris is only concerned about his enemies.

'something soiled'=describing someone losing virginity. Elizabeth proctor will not sit near abigail because abigail slept with her husband

"it's a bitter woman, a lying.......for such a woman!" abigail is showing a huge animosity for Elizabeth. (page 20) we learn that Elizabeth that she is cold. she is lacking warmth, this is why the thing between proctor and abigail happened. abigail is passionate, fiery, jealous, unlike Elizabeth.

use of ! shows that the actors gotta shout it. she says that her name is good, but it's not, because no one even wants to employee her. use of ! shows how angry she is.

Goody=means good wife (like mrs.)

mrs Putnam is a twisted soul.

abigail is in the room and she hears the whole convo. abigail gets an idea that she can accuse anyone to get rid of them. (parris: "they will howl me out of Salem for such corruption in my house")

"motif of resentment"-it goes through the whole play, it affects every character.
(parris resents everyone because no one likes him.) motif of resentment corrupts everybody in the village.

stage directions: abigail is violent, aggressive, she has a very dominant personality. she frightens betty. it works, because betty wakes up.

abigail drunk chicken's blood to kill goody proctor's wife. it's not a little bit of jealousy. abigail hates elizabeth, she is obsessed with john proctor. she smashes betty across the face. miller does thisstage directions to show how aggressive abigail is.

abigail (page 26) 'i will come to you...will