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    The Crucible Even though not all puritans were bad Christians‚ those who broke the puritan beliefs were. In the Crucible‚ two main characters name Abigail Williams‚ and John Proctor broke the three puritan beliefs: Plainness‚ Grace‚ and Divine Mission. Plainness follows the 10 commandments for example‚ “Thou Shall Not Kill‚ and Thou shall not bear false witness against its neighbor”. Grace represents the cleansing of the soul. For instance if you envy someone‚ you would have to be cleansed of

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    John Chabala‚ Period 5‚ La 11H 12-19-14 Abigail Williams   Author Millers play The Crucible.  A small town in Massachusetts (in 1692) had a horrific event over a huge witch trial where over 24 people were killed; this eventually became known as the famous “Salem Witch Trials‚” the person who started the horrifying event was named Abigail Williams. As one of the main characters in the play‚ she is a very attractive young lady.  However‚ her outwards personality seems to be bitter‚ spiteful and vengeful

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    Brejanai Collins 12/10/11 Period 2 The crucible essay The various causes of irony presented in the crucible revels that those who are in power create the truth in Salem and those who are powerless lived in fear. The young girls of Salem had the most power to whom was being put to death over actuations of doing witchcraft. Abigail Williams would end up taking 19 people live off of actuations‚ more importantly all of these innocent people was killed without any evidence that they was doing

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    The Salem Witch Trials can be described as a set prosecutions of people who were charged with witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts despite a lack of evidence. The Crucible‚ by Arthur Miller‚ portrays the catastrophic events that occurred in Salem and their impact on their society. In the play‚ Abigail Williams is dismissed as the servant of the Proctors due to her affair with the husband‚ John. Proctor wants to move on after the affair as he states‚ ‘I may think of you softly from time to time‚ but

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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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    Abigail Williams “Why are you concealing? Have you sold yourself to Lucifer?” (Miller 1106). Abigail Williams is a seventeen year old niece of Reverend Parris. Abigail lies to conceal her affair‚ and to prevent charges of witchcraft. In order to avoid severe punishment for casting spells and adultery Abigail shifts the focus away from herself by accusing others of witchcraft. This desperate act of self-defense soon becomes Abigail’s path of power. Abigail is not a victim of her own society in Salem

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    Abigail Williams from the play‚ The Crucible‚ is a vicious antagonist .She would stop at nothing to attain her demented goals. In another writer’s hands‚ Abby could have been portrayed in a sympathetic light. After all‚ she is under age and has been sleeping with a supposedly honorable man thirteen years her senior. Arthur Miller‚ however‚ finds little humanity within her. Throughout the play‚ Proctor labels her a “harlot” and a “whore.” And perhaps Miller isn’t far off. According to the playwright’s

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    abigail:  she is referred to by parris as a child. she is 17 and she is an adolescent girl. she is a young woman‚ having passions and desires. but she is thought of as a child‚ which causes tension.  reputation in here is very important. NAME has connotations of reputation/honuor. ironic‚ because at least one person in the town knows that she aint entirely clear.  "There be no blush about my name." parris is only concerned about his enemies.  ’something soiled’=describing someone losing

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    Miller’s play The Crucible there are reactions to the actions that we caused. Throughout Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible‚ based on the Salem Witch Trials‚ the reader follows the atrocious actions of Abigail William in order to illustrate that actions have consequences‚ good or bad. In the beginning of The CrucibleAbigail‚ one of the girls that went around accusing people of being witches‚ had a stranglehold on the rest of the girls that danced with her at the forest. Abigail forced the girls “to

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    Abigail holds the most power within the play. Discuss Arthur Miller’s The Crucible underlines the significance of an individual’s power within a communal society such as that of Salem. Despite her circumstances‚ Abigail is capable of acquiring an impressive amount of power in the community‚ ultimately allowing her to control the fates of many of the townsfolk. She utilises her immediate relationships by manipulating those close to her in order to gain power in the pursuit of satisfying her own desires

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