force her lover into marrying her. Her actions are the foundation of every death and arrest in Salem. She is a venerable girl yet she has very little to be. She is a static character because her only objective throughout the play is to be rid of Elizabeth Proctor so that she can marry her husband. Therefore‚ not only is Abigail a manipulative‚ vain and deluded young girl‚ but she is indubitably the most influential Character in The Crucible. To begin‚ Abigail Williams manipulates all those around her
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a wedge between Proctor and his wife once again. Abigail even admits that she has “a heat [for John]” and “looks for the John Proctor that took me from my sleep and put knowledge in my heart” (Miller 24). Evidently‚ Abigail still has repressed desires for John. Given that Abigail and John’s affair ended poorly with Abigail fired from her job due to Elizabeth‚ Abigail not only lusts for John‚ but also looks to seek revenge on his wife‚ Elizabeth. In Act II of the play when Elizabeth is anonymously
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A seventeen year old girl who was drinking blood and caught dancing in the the woods with her friends just so Elizabeth Proctor could be killed. Elizabeth Proctor is the wife of John Proctor‚ who Abigail is in love with. Abigail did everything she could to get her revenge. In (I.i.26) After getting caught‚ Betty confessed and accuses Abigail of drinking blood to kill Elizabeth Proctor. Abigail is a very smart girl who is proud that everyone believes her‚ but she also knows that if the word gets
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the play. Towards the end she gets even worse. It all starts out because she’s in love with John Proctor from whom she had an affair with. She does everything she does to try to get John to be with her. One night when Tituba and the other girls went out in the woods to dance around a fire Abby brought a chicken. She drank the chicken’s blood and sacrificed it into the fire in hope that Elizabeth proctor would die. When Betty wouldn’t wake up from her sleep while John came to visit her‚ so then Abby
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a strong and kind farmer named John Proctor had a secret affair with a young servant named Abigail Williams. They have been hiding this relationship from the whole town since Abigail was working in the Proctor’s household. Abigail was a very manipulative‚ jealous and a magnificent liar in the play. John was a honest‚prideful and devoted character in the play. In Act II‚ Abigail had manipulated the town‚ court and her friends over the desire to get Goody Proctor hanged and take her place.The text states
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John Proctor‚ Elizabeth Procter and John Hale all are very much affected by their overwhelming guilt. Each has different causes for their guilty consciences and certainly different outcomes. Throughout this analysis I will discuss those three characters and go in depth on how their guilt drove them to their deaths and unfulfilled futures. John Proctors guilt is most clearly displayed when Hale asks him to recite the commandments and he leaves out adultery. There is no doubt that Proctor lives
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in the Crucible 1. Tituba confesses to witchcraft and reveals the names of other women in Salem who are consorting with the Devil. The girls‚ led by Abigail‚ begin to accuse other women of witchcraft 2. John Proctor vs. Elizabeth Proctor- Proctor has an affair with Abigail. Elizabeth knows of the affair and doesn’t forgive him. 3. Reverend Hale vs. himself‚ Judge Danforth‚ and Judge Hawthorne- Hale knows there is no God present in witch-hunting and he questions his motives as well. 4. Abigail
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All of these concepts play big parts in the crucible. Abigail is an example of weakness i’d say. After being thrown out of the Proctor household‚ she tries to get back at John’s wife. She gathers up a bunch of girls and they go into the woods‚ she tries voodoo to cast a spell that’d kill his wife. After being caught in the woods she confesses to witchcraft once she see’s that all charges would be dropped‚ and places the blame on others. Which highly escalates the town into growing fearful. Knowing
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Questions 1. What happens when people criticize the court proceedings? a. People are unfairly accused when they criticize the court proceedings. For instance‚ when Proctor comes to the court with Mary Warren to criticize the court for his wife unfairly with a petition‚ Parris exclaims that" ’they’ve come to overthrow the court’ " (88). Proctor is merely attempting to show his evidence to protect his wife from being hung . Parris is unfairly accusing them for what they weren’t doing. 2. What role does
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wants and defends her name and her life. Abigail Williams is defending her reputation and herself to get out of trouble. Abigail was an orphan‚ her uncle Parris feeds and clothes her. In Act I‚ She was also expelled from the house by Goody Proctor; therefore she has little standing in village. After she was caught dancing in the woods‚ Parris questioned her and she replied angrily “Be no blush my name.”(Pg.37) Later‚ when Hale was questioning Abigail about dancing in the woods‚ Abigail defends
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