play Abigail and Mary Warren both misuse the law for their benefit and well-being. Abigail exclusively abuses the law wickedly and habitually‚ attaining supremacy despite being only 17 years old. She has accused Elizabeth Proctor many times in the court‚ hoping to imprison her so she and Proctor could be one. Furthermore‚ she even threatened the head judge‚ Danforth‚ she says‚ “Let you beware‚ Mr. Danforth. Think you to be so mighty that the power of Hell may not turn your wits? Beware of it!” (Miller
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““[kills] his neighbors for their land.” Another villain is Abigail whose intent is getting a revenge on Elizabeth Proctor. Abigail hates the Elizabeth who she calls “a lying‚ cold‚ sniveling woman‚” because she is in her way to Mr. Proctor and “she is blackening [her] name in the village.” Also‚ when Elizabeth dismissed her‚ she hurt Abigail’s “lump of vanity.” Abigail‚ planning “to kill [Elizabeth]‚ then to take [her] place‚” drank “a charm to kill [her].” All the accusations that Abigail made is nothing
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The Crucible is a play about the intersection of private sins with paranoia‚ hysteria‚ and religious intolerance. The citizens of Arthur Miller’s Salem of 1692 would consider the very concept of a private life heretical. The government of Salem‚ and of Massachusetts as a whole‚ is a theocracy‚ with the legal system based on the Christian Bible. Moral laws and state laws are one and the same; sin and the status of an individual’s soul are public concerns. An individual’s private life must conform
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reason. I find that she is not a victim‚ in puritan society .I think she is just a negative icon in the puritan society that shows you all people are not who they seem. In Act one‚ she wanted to put a curse on Elizabeth Proctor‚ because she wanted to be with her husband John Proctor. She and many other girls around the same age were in the woods dancing and chanting‚ one of them being naked‚ which is frowned upon in the Puritan society. Abigail Williams then drank blood as her uncle walked up
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3B Literary Snapshot 2 Rewrite: How does Miller develop the character of Abigail? In what way is the character of Abigail a foil to Elizabeth Proctor? In The Crucible by Arthur Miller‚ he develops Abigail by using her actions to make our view of her character change as she starts to act differently throughout the play. Abigail is a foil to Elizabeth Proctor since she uses lying as a tool to manipulate people as she finds it especially effective. Abigail gradually becomes inhumane in the witch
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going on in the village spreads and puts the village in turmoil. Abigail talks to Mercy Lewis and Mary Warren and tells them not to reveal their secret – that their “nocturnal activities” are there in order to kill Elizabeth Proctor. It turns out that Abigail had an affair with John Proctor‚ Elizabeth’s husband‚ before
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kill Goody Proctor” (Miller 148)! This however does not work and results in one of the other girls getting sick. This is what leads up to the hysteria. Later she frames Goody Proctor with voodoo by using a doll she sees Mary knitting earlier that day‚ “... Let you ask Susanna Walcott-she saw me sewin’ it in court. Ask Abby‚ Abby sat beside me when I made it” (Miller 176). Abigail sees Mary put the needle into the doll and waits until later so she could stab herself and accuse Goody Proctor of witchcraft
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character is a character that changes throughout a story. Reverend Hale is a dynamic character because he goes from getting confessions from those accused to protect the John Proctor and his wife. Reverend Hale job was to get confessions from the people said to be witches. In Act three though he has a change of heart. When Elizabeth doesn’t say he husband has committed adultery she becomes in trouble. Hale raises to her defense‚ “It is a natural lie to tell!”(75). He later says that Abigail‚ “…is false
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("Hail to thee‚ Macbeth‚ Thane of Cawdor.") and appearances. As well‚ in The Crucible the most dominant characters are that of Abigail Williams and her foil Elizabeth Proctor. Abigail takes on the role of the lover scorned and exerts her power in an effort to obtain the affections of John Proctor (Act I‚ pg 23‚ Abigail). On the other hand Elizabeth uses her sway with John to get him to bring their servant to the court in an attempt to show the courts Abigail’s treachery and reveal he plot. An Inspector
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The crucible is a noteworthy piece of 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
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