One character of The Crucible‚ Abigail Williams‚ is Reverend Parris’ niece in the play. Historically‚ there is no concrete evidence to prove a hereditary relationship between the two characters (Burns). Next‚ the characters of John and Elizabeth Proctor are not farmers as Miller described;
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attempting to make the men they love fall in love with them. However‚ the minister finds the girls practicing their witchcraft in the woods and various consequences occur throughout the movie. One specific woman is Abigail Williams. She is the former servant of the Proctor’s. Abigail actually does practice witchcraft at one point when she drinks blood in order to kill Mrs. Proctor because she is in love with Mr. Proctor. These events throw Salem into a series of trials and issues that push the town’s
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Abigail Williams is a very important if not the most important person to this play. She has many different qualities that make her the unpredictable enigma she is. abby lies‚ cheats‚ steals‚ persuades‚ and snitches on everyone and anyone who gets in the way of what she wants. She has had a sheltered life and is tired of it which makes her quite rebellious and manipulative. It all starts out with her trying to find love in the wrong places. Act I Abby manipulates john procter throughout act 1. In
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Abigail Williams: the Perfect Puritan Society is going to judge people no matter what they do‚ so people might as well be who they want to be. In the crucible‚ during the Salam witch trials‚ Abigail Williams did what she wanted‚ she was not the typical Puritan‚ and definitely not a perfect one at that. She did things women were not allowed to do. She lied‚ and costed many people their lives because of it. She had a man cheat and blacken his name. She uses her acting skills and the girls around
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The Crucible of Abigail Williams Abigail Williams is a very spiteful and bitter woman‚ but she has the biggest influence on the play with all the lies she tells about people being witches which are believed and cost some people their lives. Abigail is one of the most misunderstood characters because she is so good at lying that it almost seems like she is telling the truth. A crucible is a large test that one may face that may force them to make a controversial decision to benefit them or to
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who is to blame for the outcome of the play is Abigail Williams. There were many people that got harmed‚ both physically and emotionally. She is a cruel and evil girl that will do anything to get what she wants. Also to keep herself out of danger or trouble‚ Abigail Williams is too blame for the deaths of all the innocent people the had died during the witch hunt‚ I believe that abigail should be blamed for everything she did. First of all‚ Abigail is a jealous person because of Elizabeth being with
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Abigail Williams Abigail Williams was born in an unknown town with unknown parents and then moved to live with her uncle‚ Reverend Parris‚ when she was younger. I think the reason she likes older guys‚ like John Proctor‚ because she never really got to know her father. When she moved in with her uncle she felt loss since he was extremely strict and all about himself so she found out ways to get attention. Therefore she started dancing in the woods with her friends and claiming people she does
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convicted of witchcraft‚ were taken to Gallows Hill for hanging. Hundreds of others were accused of witchcraft. Dozens linguished in jail for months without trial. In Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible”‚ the main character Abigail Williams is to blame for the 1692 Salem witch trials. Abigail was a mean‚ bitter‚ young woman who would stop and nothing to get what she wanted. No matter who she hurt‚ even the ones she loved‚ she did everything she could to live. She lied to people‚ manipulated a poor group of
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all problems that arise in this carefully crafted play by Arthur Miller. This play‚ ’The Crucible’ is based on the 1692 witch trials that occurred in Salem‚ Massachusetts yet it also focuses on the relationships between various characters. Abigail Williams doesn’t have much luck in this play‚ and she never really had. She lives with her uncle - Reverend Parris and his daughter Betty‚ because she’s an orphan and claims she: ’’Saw Indians smash my dear parents heads on the pillow next to mine.’’
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Parris’ niece‚ Abigail served as the Proctors’ servant before Elizabeth fired her for having an affair with John. Abigail and John Proctor had been lovers but that soon ended. "John‚ I am waiting for you every night" (Page 176). Abigail’s jealousy towards Elizabeth proctor caused her to resort to blackmail. She couldn’t take the fact that John no longer loved her the way he did‚ and that he wanted to pretend that nothing ever happen. "Give me a word John‚ a soft word" (Page 176). Abigail not only went
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