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    Many lives have been lost due to the physician’s negligence. The physician that saw Abigail Williams‚ Betty Parish‚ Betty Hubbard and Anne Putnam Jr. and made an incorrect diagnosis. He to quickly decided the fits were being caused by something spiritual. His mistake may have caused a huge crisis. Although other possibilities have been suggested‚ ergot poisoning is the most likely. Recent scientific study shows that the condition and symptoms of the fits of a serious match up perfectly with ergotism

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    The Crucible is Abigail Williams. Abigail Williams is one of the original and foremost accusers in the Salem witch trials of 1692. Her accusations claimed the live of many innocent victims in Salem‚ Massachusetts. Abigail’s motivation toward her attributions were because of a secret past relationship between her and John Proctor. While John Proctor was married to Elizabeth Proctor‚ he had a short-term affair with Abigail Williams. Afterwards John refused to leave his wife for Abigail or have a relationship

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    Analysis of Abigail Williams Abigail Williams displays the most influence in the ongoing which trials of Salem in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible. Abigail manipulates others‚ display vanity throughout the story‚ and is obviously a deluded young girl in love with an older‚ married man who does not return her affections anymore. Her false accusations of witchcraft in Salem‚ sparked great chaos‚ and only so that she could force her lover into marrying her. Her actions are the foundation of every death

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    Character Analysis of Abigail Williams Arthur Miller wrote The Crucible in response to McCarthyism in 1953. During this time the Puritan society was in authority. This society was one where religion was highly practiced‚ women had the least rights‚ forms of entertainment were banned and adultery was seen as major sin. However‚ Miller’s‚ The Crucible makes the strongest female character; Abigail the conveyance of all the Puritans would have believed as evil. Throughout the play‚ The Crucible the

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    One character of The Crucible‚ Abigail Williams‚ is Reverend Parris’ niece in the play. Historically‚ there is no concrete evidence to prove a hereditary relationship between the two characters (Burns). Next‚ the characters of John and Elizabeth Proctor are not farmers as Miller described;

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    In the play The Crucible‚ by Arthur Miller‚ Abigail Williams has a major effect on the Salem witch trials. She plays a major role in the development of the plot of the story and is the main antagonist as well. It is learned in Act I that she has had an affair with John Proctor and that she is accusing others‚ later including his wife‚ of witchcraft. Abigail is not only in love and had an affair with a man that is already married‚ she gets innocent people killed with her false accusations and runs

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    Abigail Williams is known for lying about her affair with John Proctor‚ but at what cost? To clear everything up‚ Abigail Williams is a character in the play called “The Crucible’ by Arthur Miller. Within the play’s first scene‚ Abigail is caught “dancing” in the forest by Reverend Parris‚ causing her cousin‚ Betty‚ to faint. As the scene continues‚ Rev. Parris starts to question Abigail about what she and Betty were doing‚ and she lies‚ saying that they were dancing for sport; the action that night

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    are three women who have a role to play. Abigail Williams was an absolute ‘witch’. Mary Warren saved herself. Last but not least‚ Elizabeth Procter never lied. Each of these women showed society who they were as they played their role. “Abigail Williams‚ seventeen‚ enters – a strikingly beautiful girl‚ an orphan‚ with an endless capacity for dissembling. Now she is all worry and apprehension and propriety” (6 Miller). Further‚ a reader can infer that Abigail is an inquisitive girl and worries for

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    Arthur Miller’s The Crucible‚ Abigail Williams is a stingy person who causes people to suffer because of her many lies. Abigail Williams was one of the main accusers in the Salem Witch trials. Everything started in a small Puritan Community in 1692 where there were tons of rumors and a tremendous number of people accused of being witches and being hanged when innocent. The Salem Witch Trials is about hearings and prosecutions of people who were accused of witchcraft. Abigail and other girls were found

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    Power: A Compare and Contrast of Hester Prynne and Abigail Williams Abigail Williams and Hester Prynne were two very different characters in books about the same Puritan religion. The two had many differences and even a few ways they were alike. Their views on society and their reaction on how they reacted to the way they were treated by the Puritans. Hester feared society and thought that it was something to be avoided‚ while Abigail long to be the center of attention. While Hester attracted

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