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    Crucible by Arthur Miller‚ Abigail Williams plays a very important role as being a manipulative character that accuses many woman of witchcraft‚ some including Tituba‚ Sarah Good‚ Goody Booth and Goody Hawkins. Abigail also had an affair with Proctor‚ which leads to a lot of problems for him down the road. Abigail Williams gets a lot of women in trouble by saying that they were involved in witchcraft and that they were torturing children and young girls. The problem with Abigail saying stuff like this

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    his play was Abigail Williams. She was a young girl who provoked the search of witches to clear her own name after getting caught dancing in the woods. Abigail needed to find a scapegoat to blame for her acts and she uses her credibility‚ jealousy‚ and selfishness to change the village of Salem to a place of wrongful accusations and back stabbings. Abigail Williams is the niece of Reverend Parris‚ and she uses her credibility to help be believed by the rest of the townspeople. Abigail uses the first

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    Before the accusations: Dear Diary‚ I hate Elizabeth by heart. I am calling for revenge‚ oh God please hear me. And if God is not willing to fulfill my desire I will have to use other aid. I cannot stand the hurt in my bleeding heart anymore. John‚ oh John‚ it would be easier if you left your wife and flower out the purity of our love with me. We could leave; go to a place where we will be satisfied for the rest of our lives. But you broke my heart. I tried to couple with you. I still remember

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    The Crucible – Character Essay: Abigail Williams In the play The Crucible‚ written by Arthur Miller‚ Abigail Williams is a very manipulative‚ seductive‚ and dishonest person. She is constantly caught up in a lie or is in the presence of trying to manipulate a person or a group of people. This vicious antagonist will stop at nothing to attain her demented goals. Although‚ in the end‚ Abigail’s persuasive lies do not get her what she really wants‚ her actions throughout the play influence many events

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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 Tituba

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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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    The Crucible: The Evilness and Selfishness of Abigail Williams In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible‚ there is one character who‚ because of her selfish and evil ways‚ causes the destruction of many people in the town of Salem. This character is Abigail Williams. In the play‚ jealousy‚ and self- interest are the two characteristics that are seen constantly throughout the play. These characteristics pertain particularly to Abigail‚ and give a graphic description of her life‚ and how she deals

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    Kiana Bales Mrs. MacKenzie English 3U Monday‚ April 15‚ 2013 Abigail Williams and Iago: Master Villains Villains play a very important role in every literary work. Whether they exist as people‚ circumstances‚ or even nature‚ their purpose is to provide a problem to be solved by the “good guys”. Without villains‚ no piece of literature would be worth reading. Abigail Williams in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible and Iago in Shakespeare’s Othello are master villains. Both antagonists are fuelled by

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    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 and gaining control over them to get

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    Abigail Williams Abigail Williams ruined the lives of many people. She was a troublemaker and throughout the story she causes much commotion in the town of Salem by accusing many innocent people of witchcraft. She was very self-centered and didn’t even consider the problems of the people she implicated. Abigail Williams was an ignominious teenager that used personal vengeance to fulfill her sense of entitlement. Abby was a bitter adolescent that turned on many people to get what she wanted. She

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