The book The Crucible by Arthur Miller was successful in warning the citizens of America against McCarthyism during the 1950’s. McCarthyism began because of a man named McCarthy and in the story The Crucible‚ a young girl named Abigail started the madness which lead to the witch trials. Abigail was galvanized by love‚ creating a duplicitous version of herself and sparked conflict between herself‚ Proctor‚ and Elizabeth. Deceitfulness and lies is constant throughout the story‚ and Abigail is the master
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Other intentions The Crucible‚ by Arthur Miller‚ is a play based on events that took place in Salem‚ Massachusetts‚ in 1692. During this time period‚ many people were being falsely accused of witchcraft and being in association with the devil. In this play‚ Miller introduces a character named Abigail Williams‚ who starts to lie and accuse innocent people to cover up her own sins such as an affair with an older‚ married man‚ or dancing in the forest. Abigail has the constant need for power‚
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place became known as the Salem Witch Trials. The trials brought Arthur Miller to write The Crucible‚ depicting the unfortunate events. Throughout The Crucible‚ a young girl named Abigail Williams uses her cunningness and deceitfulness to get what she wants. Her jealousness and lack of moral and ethics gives her the ability to condemn innocent beings to death‚ without any questions. Abigail Williams is seen as “seventeen and strikingly beautiful” (138). However‚ she is selfish‚ and an excellent
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The play "Crucible" is set in Salem‚ Massachusetts‚ 1692; the government is a theocracy. Hard work and church consume the majority of a Salem resident’s time. Within the community‚ there are regular disputes over land; but disagreement over land boundaries is not the only simmering situation that becomes out of control. Abigail‚ the orphaned niece to Reverend Parris‚ is cast out of the house of John and Elizabeth Proctor because of her part in the infidelity and adultery committed with John Proctor
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Doesn’t just about everyone have that one friend who is just straight up mean and lies all the time. Take that person and multiply their personality by ten and they will still be nowhere close to being as evil as Abigail Williams. She is the utmost stuck up self-centered person in the story. She has no respect for anybody seeing as to how she believes they are rodents compared to her. Throughout the story‚ she hurts many people and ruins many more people’s lives. Abigail’s personality can be described
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John Chabala‚ Period 5‚ La 11H 12-19-14 Abigail Williams Author Millers play The Crucible. A small town in Massachusetts (in 1692) had a horrific event over a huge witch trial where over 24 people were killed; this eventually became known as the famous “Salem Witch Trials‚” the person who started the horrifying event was named Abigail Williams. As one of the main characters in the play‚ she is a very attractive young lady. However‚ her outwards personality seems to be bitter‚ spiteful and vengeful
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CHARACTER: Abigail Williams POINT OF INTERVENTION: Act 1: Scene 2- After she stabs herself with the needle IMAGINED CONTEXT: By the shed Ahh‚ gee‚ damn! Why does he have to be so ignorant! I am only in my youth‚ yet he chooses to love his wife over my love. He loves me‚ he knows me! I have been robbed of my innocence because he cannot accept the fact that his heart longs for mine. My parent’s desires would want my days to be long and happy‚ curse the Indians that bludgeoned my parents to death
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The Salem Witch Trials can be described as a set prosecutions of people who were charged with witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts despite a lack of evidence. The Crucible‚ by Arthur Miller‚ portrays the catastrophic events that occurred in Salem and their impact on their society. In the play‚ Abigail Williams is dismissed as the servant of the Proctors due to her affair with the husband‚ John. Proctor wants to move on after the affair as he states‚ ‘I may think of you softly from time to time‚ but
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Abigail is the main catalyst of Millers play The Crucible. She is presented by Milller in a powerful‚ "strikingly beautiful girl" yet malicious with an "endless capacity for dissembling" which is stated in Act 1 when she is first introduced to the play. This portrays and gives the reader an indication immediately‚ that Abigail has an everchanging personality and can manipulate people in such a way that they "fall apart". As the play progresses this is brought to light‚ especially with characters
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Abigail Williams Abigail Williams ruined the lives of many people. She was a troublemaker and throughout the story she causes much commotion in the town of Salem by accusing many innocent people of witchcraft. She was very self-centered and didn’t even consider the problems of the people she implicated. Abigail Williams was an ignominious teenager that used personal vengeance to fulfill her sense of entitlement. Abby was a bitter adolescent that turned on many people to get what she wanted. She
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