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 to the
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Arthur miller expresses how important ones reputation is in a small community. He shows how they will defend their reputations because it is what keeps their social status in place. John Proctor and Reverend Hale are characters who make an attempt to maintain their reputations in their time of crisis. John Proctor‚ who is the main character in the play‚ has the biggest struggle with his reputation. At the beginning of the play‚ he isn’t even concerned with his reputation‚ and thinks that it doesn’t
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In the play John Proctor and Abigail Williams had an affair. Abigail is alone with Proctor after Betty has gone sick and is making sexual advances onto Proctor‚ but he refuses. “She is a cold‚ sniveling woman‚ and you bend to her! ...You loved me John Proctor‚ and whatever sin it is‚ you love me yet!” says Abigail (177). Abigail uses “cold” and “sniveling” as derogatory terms to Elizabeth’s character. Abigail wants to be with John‚ but is frustrated with his newfound loyalty
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John Proctor -Proctor is an individual who has not put a high priority on ’Belonging’ in his life. The fact that he hates and distrusts Parris adds to this sense of not belonging: “I have trouble enough without I come five mile to hear him preach only hellfire and bloody damnation. (visual imagery related to hell) Take it to heart Mr Parris. There are many others who stay away from church these days because you hardly ever mention God anymore.” -Proctor chooses not to belong to Salem society
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excuse to get rid of the “lower class” people. In the movie Abigail comes to see John Proctor while he is in prison. She has a plan to help him get out but he doesn’t want to flee with her because he knows she’s a liar. In the play Abigail flees Salem and never comes to see John in prison. I think the scene is a contrast to the general personality of Abigail because in the movie she shows guilt and apologized to Proctor‚ but in the play‚ she is very cold-hearted and doesn’t feel guilty at all. Also
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In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible‚ the character who has a major impact on the village is Mary Warren. Even though Mary is John Proctor’s maid‚ and claims she will always do the right thing‚ she needs the help of Abigail Williams. Although‚ Mary is afraid of Abigail and all the things she can do‚ Abigail is known for being deceitful and clever‚ and that is exactly what Mary Warren wants to be when the time comes. Mary Warren gets herself out of trouble with Judge Danforth and Hathorne during the trials
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story that are dynamic like John Proctor and Abagail as a static character. John Proctor is one character in The Crucible that is a dynamic which change a bit throughout the story; for he has changed from a quiet “farm boy” to a man with huge couragement. At the beginning of the play‚ Proctor kept things inside of his mind‚ and tries to get Abagail to keep the main secret that John had since he knew that he wife‚ Elizabeth‚ would not tell what happen seven months. When John and Abagail had an affair
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The Crucible‚ by Arthur Miller‚ Abigail Williams’ behavior is not without reason; her mental instability is to blame for her actions. For example‚ she saw her parents murdered as a child and this seems to have lead to her being mentally unstable. John Proctor‚ a much older man‚ also basically sexually abused her. And her being raised by Reverend Parris‚ the paranoid‚ power-hungry man‚ is sure to be messing Abigail up in some way or another. As a young girl‚ Abigail witnessed both her mother and father
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Miller makes us respond to her throughout the play (30 marks) Throughout the Crucible Miller uses Elizabeth‚ who is a pious character‚ as a judge of character. Through her eyes we learn who is innately good such as Rebecca Nurse‚ we learn that John Proctor is a tragic hero whose fatal flaw is that he is “somewhat bewildered” and that Abigail truly is “a whore” with an “endless capacity for dissembling”. The audience trusts her because when Hale asks her if she knows her commandments she says‚ “I
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failings of this system as indicated by the juxtaposition of Miller’s stage direction “Hale in a fever of guilt and uncertainty” with his words “Proctor‚ the court is just”. This demonstrates that he was not able to instantly relinquish his connection to the Salem community‚ despite the moral ramifications. He loses all sense of self-respect as he encourages Proctor to “give his lie”‚ which directly contradicts one of the Ten Commandments reiterated throughout the play “Thou shalt not bear false witness”
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