Abigail williams
Abigail Williams
“Why are you concealing? Have you sold yourself to Lucifer?” (Miller 1106). Abigail Williams is a seventeen year old niece of Reverend Parris. Abigail lies to conceal her affair, and to prevent charges of witchcraft. In order to avoid severe punishment for casting spells and adultery Abigail shifts the focus away from herself by accusing others of witchcraft. This desperate act of self-defense soon becomes Abigail's path of power. Abigail is not a victim of her own society in Salem but outside forces have compelled her to perform ungodly things on herself and others. Another outcome for the acts of witch craft performed by Abigail is the past or present events that have occurred to her in her life time. Abigail is very self-seeking and she is driven by jealousy over John Proctor and his wife Elizabeth.
Abigail in the eyes of judges in the court is considered a victim of society when in reality everyone else is a victim of Abigail Williams. Abby says, “My name is good in the village! I will not have it said my name is soiled! Goody Proctor is a gossiping liar!” (Miller 1105). This is a response to Parris’ accusation that Abigail’s name is blackened in the town by Goody Proctor, after Abigail has had an affair with her husband, John Proctor. She tells lies, manipulates her friends and the entire town, and eventually sends nineteen innocent people to their deaths. She is a cruel antagonist that will stop at nothing to attain her mad goals. “Abigail is a fierce antagonist less subtle but dramatically more powerful” (Dunkelberger 104). An antagonist is always the villain in the story, never the victim. Abigail is always sacrificing others to save herself. She convinces the judges to think she is the victim with her power to be very dramatic and this is soon to be picked up by all the other girls. They combine this tool to determine how the court is run and use it to have Elizabeth Proctor away. In the events that occur, they mostly lead back to past
“Why are you concealing? Have you sold yourself to Lucifer?” (Miller 1106). Abigail Williams is a seventeen year old niece of Reverend Parris. Abigail lies to conceal her affair, and to prevent charges of witchcraft. In order to avoid severe punishment for casting spells and adultery Abigail shifts the focus away from herself by accusing others of witchcraft. This desperate act of self-defense soon becomes Abigail's path of power. Abigail is not a victim of her own society in Salem but outside forces have compelled her to perform ungodly things on herself and others. Another outcome for the acts of witch craft performed by Abigail is the past or present events that have occurred to her in her life time. Abigail is very self-seeking and she is driven by jealousy over John Proctor and his wife Elizabeth.
Abigail in the eyes of judges in the court is considered a victim of society when in reality everyone else is a victim of Abigail Williams. Abby says, “My name is good in the village! I will not have it said my name is soiled! Goody Proctor is a gossiping liar!” (Miller 1105). This is a response to Parris’ accusation that Abigail’s name is blackened in the town by Goody Proctor, after Abigail has had an affair with her husband, John Proctor. She tells lies, manipulates her friends and the entire town, and eventually sends nineteen innocent people to their deaths. She is a cruel antagonist that will stop at nothing to attain her mad goals. “Abigail is a fierce antagonist less subtle but dramatically more powerful” (Dunkelberger 104). An antagonist is always the villain in the story, never the victim. Abigail is always sacrificing others to save herself. She convinces the judges to think she is the victim with her power to be very dramatic and this is soon to be picked up by all the other girls. They combine this tool to determine how the court is run and use it to have Elizabeth Proctor away. In the events that occur, they mostly lead back to past