The Perfect Puritan There is not a doubt in my mind that Abigail Williams is not a perfect Puritan. She is a liar‚ and an adulterer. She would sneak out and do things with John Proctor. During this paper I will provide details that support the reasons why Abigail Williams isn’t a true Puritan women. First‚ Abigail is an adulterer because on page(Arthur 26) it describes the affair she had with John Proctor. She is only 17‚ and having an affair‚ and being an adulterer is against the Puritan ways
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In Maryse Conde’s novel‚"I‚ Tituba‚ Black Witch of Salem‚"Tituba went through various hardships in her life her witchcraft and being black got her into a lot of trouble. Also being with a man who turned on her. She ended up being hanged just when she finally got a chance to go back to Barbados she dies. Most stories of Tituba are always like this. But in article "The Further Transformation Of Tituba‚" we find that in Ann Petry’s book‚ "Tituba of Salem Village‚" she goes through little or no hardships
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Crucible by Arthur Miller‚ Abigail Williams plays a very important role as being a manipulative character that accuses many woman of witchcraft‚ some including Tituba‚ Sarah Good‚ Goody Booth and Goody Hawkins. Abigail also had an affair with Proctor‚ which leads to a lot of problems for him down the road. Abigail Williams gets a lot of women in trouble by saying that they were involved in witchcraft and that they were torturing children and young girls. The problem with Abigail saying stuff like this
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how there was no way that John would tell the court about our affair to save his wife? Well he did‚ and I almost did a backflip. I didn’t know what I would do‚ so I did what I had to. I lied to the court with a blank face‚ and denied the accusation with everything I had. I became indignant with the judge‚ and he decided that he would ask Elizabeth about why I was fired from her house. Neither John or myself was allowed to look at her when Danforth questioned her‚ so all I could do was hope that
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differences are less important than our similarities. People have a lot in common whether they see it or not.” –William Hall. Abigail Williams and Elizabeth Proctor were not as different as they seemed‚ they were alike in their love of the same man‚ John Proctor. These women each had their own role in what happened in Salem‚ their roles were very different but had big consequences‚ good or bad‚ in Salem. Elizabeth had the role of the loving (or not so loving) wife of John Proctor. Elizabeth being the Godly
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The knowledge of the English witch trials comes from the original procedural documents preserved in historical archives and the collection of dozens of accounts of witch trials in the form of prints that circulated in hundreds of copies among the interested readers from the end of the 16th century to the beginning of the eighteenth century. At the end of the 16th and early 17th century‚ people of high and low status believed in the ubiquity of witches. They were believed to be everywhere‚ a threat
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happened in Salem Massachusetts. It was deemed the Salem Witch trials and left a lasting impression on history of what paranoia can do to people. The tragedy is now a play called “the Crucible by: Arthur Miller in the Crucible the most accountable person for the trials in the play is shown to be Abigail Williams. Abigail’s lying and acting is what began the witch trials not only that she is the ringleader for the so called “bewitched girls of Salem”. The first and most important reason Abigail is the
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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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The Ultimate Schemer One of the main characters of the play The Crucible‚ Abigail Williams‚ is the most spiteful and least complex character throughout the entire play. She is the villain of the play‚ even more than Parris or Danforth. She is on the lower end of the social hierarchy; the only people below her were slaves like Tituba. Abigail Williams possess wicked character traits that give her a negative perception. She is a jezebel figure who lacks feelings‚ an immoral character who lacks
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Society has shaped us many different ways. If you were to look at society 50 years ago you would see that it was believed that a woman belonged at home‚ in the kitchen‚ or taking care of the kids. Most people think we have changed but if you watch T.V. or listened to most people (Male or Female) talk you would realize we haven’t changed all that much. In today’s world you still hear things like “he’s the man of the house” or “That’s a man’s job”. You may even hear “It’s the woman’s fault”. This
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