believe in hard work and prayer‚ therefore they consider material and sexual desires unnatural and evil. Abigail Williams‚ the main character is the reason for the witch trials that begin in Salem. She is dishonest‚ manipulative and her seductive ways is what makes her the antagonist of this play. Abigail Williams is a strikingly beautiful 17 year old orphan who lives with her uncle William Parris and her little cousin Betty Parris. When she was eleven
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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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William Shakespeare: Most Famous of All English Writers William Shakespeare‚ the most famous of all English writers‚ has written many works. One such work is Much Ado About Nothing‚ a comedy that includes humor‚ love‚ and deceit. Several incidents in the life of the author influenced him to write this play in the fashion that he did. These events come from his life and the point in history in which he lived‚ thus producing Much Ado About nothing. Shakespeare’s life has very much to
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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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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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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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In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible‚ the main character Abigail Williams is to blame for the witch trials in Salem‚ Massachusetts. Abigail is a mean and vindictive person who always wants her way‚ no matter who she hurts. Throughout the play her accusations and lies cause many people pain and suffering‚ but she seemed to never care for any of them except John Proctor‚ whom she had an affair with seven months prior to the beginning of the play. The lies begin to unravel as the reader dives into the book
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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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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 what she wants no matter what the cost. Throughout the play her accusations and
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Do you think that Abigail Williams was chiefly responsible for the Salem witch trials? If not who else was to blame? Life in Salem was very restrictive for any one‚ any variations of having fun were a sign of the devils work‚ like dancing. So the villagers were very serious in all matters. For example if verbal threats or curses came true‚ it was seen as the devils influence. They also had a wearied way of judging people. If somebody confessed to seeing the devil and wanted to be blessed by God
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