himself and his own reputation. He is a static character because his behaviour doesn’t change throughout the play‚ The Crucible. At the beginning of the play‚ he is concerned with the way his niece and her friend’s actions reflect on him and his reputation. Toward the end of the play‚ he is concerned about how he and his reputation will look if people find out some of the most respected people of the church died because of his niece‚ Abigail Williams. Abigail Williams is a manipulative child who spins
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Abigail Williams- its her lies and jealousy that is the cause of the trials. she was afraid to get in trouble for dancing naked in the woods an witch craft that she turned the blame onto others. Reverend Parris- all he wants is power and will stop at nothing to get it. he gets so into the witch hunt that he starts accusing people willy-nilly. he also goes along with all the accusation and gains personally from the trials. John Proctor- he is basically the reason the trials started at all. he
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Leading a multitude of people to find the "truth" about a village’s most respected townspeople is Abigail Williams. She was the finger that accused dozens of people‚ who in all likelihood were innocent of the crimes brought against them. Abigail was not the single candle that showed the judges of Salem the way but merely the candle that lit the others. Arthur Miller’s "The Crucible" makes Abigail the conveyance of everything the Puritans would have thought as evil. She had committed sins that
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people was mainly caused by a young girl. Abigail Williams was responsible for the witchcraft hysteria in Salem‚ Massachusetts‚ 1962. She would be responsible for the imprisonment and execution of innocent people. She did various things that were wrong and affected the lives of so many people. She not only lied on so many persons but she also threatened people to go along with her play. To begin with in the play “ The Crucible ” it states that Abigail Williams lied to the towns peoples and said
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Abigail Williams‚ a teenage girl who started the whole scare about witches in Salem‚ blamed everyone else for her witchcraft practices and ultimately caused many of her village members to be wrongly executed. She took advantage of the judges trust to frame people for her actions. Abigail Williams was once caught performing a ritual dance in the forest‚ and to save herself she blamed her so called friends. Abigail began doing witchcraft to fight for John Proctor’s love‚ and she wanted to get rid of
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How does Miller present the character of Abigail in the opening pages of ‘The Crucible’ In the opening lines of the play Abigail is portrayed as a “strikingly beautiful girl” of seventeen. But this does not seem the case as you get further into the act. In fact she is seen to have an extremely ugly heart and only care about herself. Although the audience may feel sorry for her as she says “I saw Indians smash my dear parents’ heads on the pillow next to mine” her cruelty cannot be overlooked.
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In the play The Crucible‚ by Arthur Miller‚ Abigail Williams has a major effect on the Salem witch trials. She plays a major role in the development of the plot of the story and is the main antagonist as well. It is learned in Act I that she has had an affair with John Proctor and that she is accusing others‚ later including his wife‚ of witchcraft. Abigail is not only in love and had an affair with a man that is already married‚ she gets innocent people killed with her false accusations and runs
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Shah Akbur Ms. Jones AP Language 1 December 2009 The Crucible True Purpose One of the factors that can be accredited to starting the hysteria over witchery in the Crucible is the weakness of several of the characters in the story. The fear and lack of mental stability of these characters are a pivotal reason as to why these trials took place. It was Parris’s fear of his reputation being tarnished by his daughter’ssickness that led him to bring John Hale which eventually spirals down
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The crucible is a noteworthy piece of literature that reveals an important period of the american colonies history. The book presents criticism of the witch hunting ideology that rooter from mccarthyism. Abigail williams is portrayed as a young beautiful girl who is associated with the devil‚ who took the form of a woman to convince the women from the village into sin. abigail is very vengeful‚ selfish‚ manipulative and a spectacular liar. She seems to be gifted at spreading death‚ manipulating others
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The Devil’s Finger "All is fair in love and war"-proverb. People will do anything for love. There is no act that is too bad or too good when going after the loved one. In The Crucible by Arthur Miller takes place in Salem in 1692/93 where Abigail Williams is the main character who acts among an evil intent because she can’t be with her "love"‚ John Proctor. She is willing to do anything to get Elizabeth out of the way so that she can fulfil her fantasy of being John’s wife. John regrets committing
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