set these women free but at the cost of the lives of the girls who lied were ruined and those who loved them. John says to Danforth to save his wife: DANFORTH: You---you are a lecher? PROCTOR: … A man will not cast his good name. you surely know that. DANFORTH: In --- in what time? In what place? PROCTOR: … Where my beasts are bedded. On the last night of my joy‚ some eight months past. She used to serve me in my house… my dear good wife took this girl soon after‚ sir‚ and put her out
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Abigail and Elizabeth. Elizabeth is married to John proctor and Abigail throughout the story tries to seduce and have an affair with him. This shows that Elizabeth‚ however‚ is better than Abigail because good people are able to identify with her‚ they fight for proctors love in different ways‚ and they both drive the plot of good versus evil. Firstly‚ these characters lives and their actions give the audience someone that they can relate to. Some people may find more resemblance to Elizabeth because
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The Crucible. The want for power can be a frightening thing. It can turn an innocent person into an evil one. In The Crucible Abigail Williams‚ a young teenager starts to lie and threaten others for her own goal of having John Proctor. Williams gains control over John Proctor by first having an
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Most people hate normal things‚ such as traffic or cleaning. Other people‚ upon reading The Crucible‚ develop a sense of hatred towards Abigail Williams. Arthur Miller writes Abigail as manipulative‚ selfish‚ and an effective liar. This hatred towards Abigail is inevitable and present throughout the play‚ but Miller suggests that hatred towards an evil person is warranted. In the first act‚ Abigail immediately starts by lying‚ which becomes her first introduction to every reader. Rumors are spreading
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Abigail Williams is a dominant figure in The Crucible. She is both malicious and manipulative. She is astute and knows how to use power to her own advantage. She is a marvellous antagonist with vengeful desires and she is ruthless for the mass hysteria and death which happens later in the play. Throughout the first act‚ we learn that Abigail is dominant and has authority over other characters within the play. “(Betty doesn’t move. She shakes her.) Now stop this! Betty! Sit up now!” The use of the
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power-hungry‚ and intelligent attributes that were demonstrated in The Crucible. In the midst of McCarthyism‚ Abigail would continue to be as ruthless and cunning as she was when she confronted the Witch Trials. She accuses Elizabeth Proctor of witchcraft so she can marry John Proctor. She was never afraid to lie to save herself and burden others with accusations. Abigail claims Mary Warren is a bird threatening her safety so that she can fool the others in believing that she is not a witch.Those actions
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witchcraft trials of the Puritans in 1692. Miller used his characters in the play to manipulate‚ lie‚ and flat out pave their own highway to social and judicial disruption. He used Abigail Williams as the villain with her finger on the controls‚ John Proctor as the burdened‚ emotionally unstable hero with all the answers‚ and Thomas Putnam alongside
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being killed right in front of her when she was a child. Then as an orphan‚ she was raised by her uncle‚ Reverend Samuel Parris‚ who was not an honourable man. When these factors are combined with neglect and separation‚ like her experience with John Proctor‚ it causes a person to develop this personality disorder. People with this mental condition show no value for right or wrong‚ and they ignore the rights of others. The main symptoms of this disorder acquired by Abigail are that she lies persistently
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Some of the causes of the Salem Witchcraft Trials are boredom‚ strong believe in occult‚ disputes/rivalries or personal differences‚ ergot poisoning‚ and a cold weather theory. After the girls were caught dancing in the woods and Parris saw everything that’s when everything started. Parris starts to question the girls and they come up with wild acquisitions‚ to avoid trouble. I feel like boredom took toll on the girls because is in the late 1600’s they didn’t have nothing better to do. So I feel
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while Zhirong works to get an answer. Therefore‚ we matched Cheever’s lines with Zhirong’s and Hale’s with the Commander’s; this matched their dominance and actions. Another issue was the relationships between family members. In The Crucible‚ John Proctor defended his wife‚ however Chen lacked support from his family; his wife did not passionately stand up for him and his daughters were young when he was taken to jail. Therefore‚ we lacked a character who could fight for his/her family. However‚ we
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