“Abigail Williams is the most wicked of them all.” In the play The Crucible‚ Abigail Williams is believed to be the most wicked character of them all. Abigail plays a 16 year old‚ liar – vindictive‚ who believes in witchcraft. Abigail makes wide accusations towards other characters throughout the play to deflect her own flaws. Abigail is the so called “bully‚” bossing all of the other girls around‚ who should have just as much say in what they do as Abby. Without Abigail in this play‚ there really
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AbiThesis- Abigail Williams used her manipulative skills to get her way and create hysteria in the town of Salem. 1. Why did Abigail flee Salem? She knows soon she will be questioned for the death of Goody Nurse and John 2. Why does Abigail admit to witchcraft? She knows she can get rid of her enemies by blaming them for witchcraft too 3. How is Abigail a hypocrite? She says she loves god in act 1 but she fuels the witch trials and is seen like a devil-like character 4. Why
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Dear Diary‚ Well‚ he used it. You remember the thing I told you about‚ how there was no way that John would tell the court about our affair to save his wife? Well he did‚ and I almost did a backflip. I didn’t know what I would do‚ so I did what I had to. I lied to the court with a blank face‚ and denied the accusation with everything I had. I became indignant with the judge‚ and he decided that he would ask Elizabeth about why I was fired from her house. Neither John or myself was allowed
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“We go on and on about our differences. But‚ you know‚ our differences are less important than our similarities. People have a lot in common whether they see it or not.” –William Hall. Abigail Williams and Elizabeth Proctor were not as different as they seemed‚ they were alike in their love of the same man‚ John Proctor. These women each had their own role in what happened in Salem‚ their roles were very different but had big consequences‚ good or bad‚ in Salem. Elizabeth had the role of the loving
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twenty of the two hundred were executed. Abigail Williams aged 12 was the initial accuser of the Salem Witch trials. She was the first person alongside her cousin Betty to accuse a women of being a witch. This was the start of the trial. Abigail Williams born in 1680 lived with her uncle Reverend Samuel Parris‚ not much is known as to why she stayed with her uncle‚ many historians believe it was because her parents died‚ not much is known on Abigail Williams other than the fact that she was a servant
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Chaos Repeated Arthur Miller’s character from The Crucible‚ Abigail Williams‚ was a beautiful girl who had a hold on people’s lives. She lied to protect herself and caused chaos for everyone in the town of Salem because all of the right people believed her. History repeats itself‚ and what Abigail has caused and done has been done many times. During our existence‚ Adolf Hitler and Joseph McCarthy repeated the same sort of chaos as Abigail Williams had done. Adolf Hitler was a German dictator who
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Characterisation: Abigail Williams The Crucible is a play written by Arthur Miller‚ and is set in the fiercely Puritan Salem‚ Massachusetts in 1692. Abigail Williams‚ above all else‚ is the least complex. As the antagonist of the play‚ she’s dominant and clearly puts herself out there as the opposition. Abigail is 17-year-old niece of Reverend Parris. She is unmarried‚ and an orphan‚ meaning her position on the social ladder is fairly low. Abigail Williams is a young lady with a vicious
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Elizabeth Parris‚ and a 11 year old Abigail Williams began exhibiting strange behaviour. Elizabeth was the daughter of Samuel Parris‚ an ordained minister and Abigail was the niece. The two started making odd sounds‚ and screaming. Contorting their bodies and throwing objects. Elizabeth and Abigail said that an individual being was biting and pinching them. An 11 year old girl named‚ Ann Putnam and other girls in Salem began acting similarly to Elizabeth and Abigail. Their behaviour was attributed to
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The Crucible: Although Abigail and The Girls Initiate The Tragedy‚ Responsibility Lies With the Whole Salem Community Although Abigail and the girls initiate the tragedy‚ responsibility lies with the whole Salem community. Discuss. I do believe that Abigail and the girls initiated the tragedy‚ what with all their talk about spirits and the conjurance with the devil during the opening act. For one reason or another‚ it can be said that the blame for this tragedy lies with the entire Salem community
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just simply being unlike in form and quality. In Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible‚ difference is shown between the characters Abigail Williams and Elizabeth Proctor. This play portrays the historical events of the Salem witch trials through a crowd of unforgettable characters. Abigail Williams is the malicious‚ deceiving accuser; whereas Elizabeth Proctor is virtuous and is the wrongfully accused. To begin‚ Abigail Williams and Elizabeth Proctor are complete opposites of each other‚ one lies to
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