The Crucible play has many characters‚ but how could one forget Abigail Williams? Abigail has the most influence over her friends and this is shown throughout the play. She is very proud and manipulative in any situation. Her character stands out and shows the readers how her character portrays the time period of the evil in the witch trials. Abigail Williams is not a victim of her society. She is very manipulative and has control over all her friends in the play. Abigail treats the girls very poorly
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In the story the Crucible Abigail is guilty. Some reason why i believe why she is guilty is because‚ she was secretly seeing someone‚ and had an affair with him‚ and his name was John Abigail was also the type of girl that liked to lie so she lied about Ms.Tutuba she also would blame people for things that weren’t true. And for these reasons i believe that she is guilty. Abigail was having an affair with someone named John he was married and they had two kids and one baby one the way and his wife
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In “ The Crucible “ Abigail was accused of the Salem Witch Trials and the dreadful hangings because she was always sneaky‚ mean‚ dishonesty‚ and was the one to blame for when stuff happened. "Abby‚ I may think of you softly from time to time. But I will cut off my hand before I’ll ever reach for you again”. Abigail tried to kill Elizabeth with a curse in the beginning of the play because she had always wanted to marry John Proctor and she thought that the time was right. Therefore‚ mainly everyone
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Abigail Williams: the Perfect Puritan Society is going to judge people no matter what they do‚ so people might as well be who they want to be. In the crucible‚ during the Salam witch trials‚ Abigail Williams did what she wanted‚ she was not the typical Puritan‚ and definitely not a perfect one at that. She did things women were not allowed to do. She lied‚ and costed many people their lives because of it. She had a man cheat and blacken his name. She uses her acting skills and the girls around
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Abigail Williams is a very important if not the most important person to this play. She has many different qualities that make her the unpredictable enigma she is. abby lies‚ cheats‚ steals‚ persuades‚ and snitches on everyone and anyone who gets in the way of what she wants. She has had a sheltered life and is tired of it which makes her quite rebellious and manipulative. It all starts out with her trying to find love in the wrong places. Act I Abby manipulates john procter throughout act 1. In
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Arthur Miller’s historical play‚ “The Crucible” follows the story of the Salem witch trials. One of the main conflicts of the play was John Proctor’s affair with Abigail Williams‚ an affair which set off the witch trials. While Abigail has many obvious flaws and may be defended‚ her role and the severity of her actions cannot be overlooked. Abigail may not deserve the entirety of the blame‚ she most certainly deserves the consequences of her actions. Abigail fell in love with John during their
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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 major character
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story Abigail is the true villain in Arthur Miller’s drama‚ The Crucible. She started out as a innocent maid‚ and Elizabeth(her boss) was sick she had a affair with Elizabeth’s husband Proctor. Afterwards he felt guilty so he kept pushing Abigail away which made her mad. She ended up taking control over these little girls and she would threaten them if they didn’t listen. Elizabeth ended up making a little doll and when she was taking a break she stuck the needle in the stomach and Abigail wanted
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In the short story of The Crucible a character Abigail blames others for what she has done. She purposely caused innocent women to be hung. She had pleaded innocent. When she was found guilty she fled town. She had never paid the price for what she had done. In my opinion she is at fault for everything she had done. She knew the price the others would have to pay when she mentioned them in the witch trials. She did not want to get caught for all the bad she did. She found that she could get out
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Abigail Williams In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible‚ one of the main characters Abigail Williams is a big part of what caused the Salem witch trials in Salem Massachusetts in 1692. Abigail is a very mean‚ vindictive and controlling girl‚ who always tries to get her way no matter who might be hurt by her along the way. Throughout the play we can see her lies‚ accusations and just being plain mean and vindictive causes a lot of pain and suffering for many people‚ but she never seemed to care about anyone
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