Abigail Williams In The Crucible

Arthur Miller’s book The Crucible was not only a look at how paranoia warped the minds of people in fear, but was also used to compare to the time in which our country succumbed to The Red Scare. During this time, many authors and hollywood stars were outcasted for being accused of being a communist, similar to how Abigail Williams accuses people of being a witch in The Crucible. Like Joseph McCarthy, Abigail used the paranoia of Salem to condemn the lives of the innocent, and protect herself. She employed others to join her in her cleansing of Salem, under the promises of protection from her accusations. Lastly she acted swiftly, spitefully, and out of greed for her own ambition.

The Crucible Act II: The Role of Abigail Williams Abigail Williams was an impactful character in Act II of the Crucible. Her presence is felt throughout the act. Even though she is not there in physical form, her presence hangs ominously over the act.

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“In the 17 century those who practiced the Devil’s magic were executed in Gallows Hill. In the spring of 1692, three girls by the names of Abigail Williams, Betty Parris, and Mary Warren accused a numerous amount of Puritans with the practice of witchcraft.” In The Crucible, Abigail harms many people of Salem. Her affair with Proctor causes her to believe that she is in love with him. She plans to get rid of her by casting a death spell, so she can have Proctor to herself. However, when that does not work Abigail accuses Elizabeth of being a witch. Abigail Williams is the most despicable person in The Crucible because she is revengeful, manipulative, and a liar. Through her actions, the reader can tell that a despicable person is someone who hides the truth.

Stealing, cheating, lying, accusations, and executions are just some of the events going on in Salem in the spring of 1692. The population of Salem, Massachusetts is filled with heavily religious citizens that encourage church services and frown upon individuality, free speech, and witch trials. Officials in Salem try to keep constant on eye on those not following the Puritan values to keep their town pure. Abigail Williams is a prominent and interesting character in The Crucible by Arthur Miller, causing everybody to be aware with her constant misconduct. Throughout the duration of the play, many dynamic characters change their opinions, relationships, and actions; however, Abigail Williams is a static character that has a persistent devious,

Abigail Williams wanted what was best for her. She did not care of others. Due to Abigail’s actions a whole conflict outbursts in Salem, Massachusetts. The girls have been caught in the woods dancing and even naked. They have been caught and accused of doing witchcraft. Betty is then “very ill” and they believe she is going to die. Betty awakes. Abigail threatens the girls to stay quiet. “You did. You did! You drank a charm to kill John Proctor’s wife! You drank a charm to kill Goody Proctor!” (Miller 18). This shows that Abigail Williams was a villain because she was hoping for the death of a person in order to get what she desired. Abigail and the girls were caught doing witchcraft. Abigail comes up with a different story to tell. “Now look you. We danced. And Tituba conjured Ruth Putnam’s dead sisters. And that is all. And mark this. Let either of you breathe a word, or the edge of a word, about the other things, and I will come to you in the back of shudder

Abigail gained power and a voice within the town of Salem. The community listens to everything that she says and takes her word as credible. She and the other girls confess to practicing witchcraft so people, such as the court, believe that she and the other are telling the truth. The town is scared of witchcraft and unnatural things, so they will listen to even young unreliable girls over well-respected citizens. When some unknown evil comes into a town everyone is scared and will listen to anyone who speaks out and seems as though they are telling the truth. While in the courtroom, the girls follow in Abigail’s footsteps as she pretends to see the devil and spirits lurking in the courtroom, throughout the town, and at night. While Elizabeth was talking to John Proctor, her husband, she describes how the girls follow Abigail and how much power she has in the courts decisions: “Abigail brings the other girls into the courtroom, and where she walks the crowd spits like the sea for Israel And folks are brought before

Abigail Williams is at fault for the trials that took place in Salem. The reason for this is because Abigail threated the girls into not saying anything about what really happened. She also put her own personal agenda, when accusing people, and she became the face of the accusers. With that reputation, she was feared and avoided by the rest of the town. When putting her own personal agenda, she chooses to accuser certain people, like Elizabeth Proctor, who was the wife of John Proctor, whom she believed was her lover. Not only that but as her power and influence on the town grew, she began to accuse people who did not fit the mold of being a witch. At the beginning of the crucible, when the girls are together in Betty's room, they want to say

She had a rough childhood, not because the way she lived but the way she was treated. Her uncle, reverend Parris was so focused on his own reputation and the church that he didn't care what she did as long as his reputation was not hurt. He wasn't the only one to influence her negatively, John Proctor, her employer seduced and took advantage of her, then he wouldn't talk to her because he didn't have feelings for her like she did for him. Abigail Williams had bad influences that might have caused her to want some attention but maybe she didn't think it would go this far. Once people started getting executed maybe she was afraid if people found out she was joking she would be hung so she kept going on with the witch trials. Not because she wanted but because she thought she had no choice, however she could have turned herself in anytime; because of that she is still guilty.Tho Abigail Williams had bad influences it doesn't change the fact that she got so many killed. Tituba wasn't killed but she was the first accused and this wouldn't of happend if Abigail didn't accuse her. Mary Warren, one of the girls who was “Dancing in the woods” tried to stop this but abigail pressured her into giving up during court. She is the one who started all this and the reason the Witch Trials took place. Moral of this passage a small lie can cause a big

Within The Crucible written by Arthur Miller, the people of Salem were going through a period of mass hysteria in which innocent people were accused of being witches by a group of girls. John Proctor, a farmer who tries to expose the girls, is to blame for the Salem Witch trials. Not only does he lead Abigail Williams on and makes her think it was acceptable to defy Puritan belief, he also holds a greater value for his reputation since he kept quiet when Abigail confessed to him that the girls were only faking. When John Proctor visits the Salem town,news of Betty Parris spread throughout the town of Salem, as well as news of Ruth Putnam, and the people of Salem turned to witchcraft as the cause. John Proctor met up with Abigail and she believed

“The Crucible” by Arthur Miller is a tragic play in which the hangings of many innocent people happen. It was written after The Salem Witch Trials which took place in 1692 was a metaphor for The McCarthy Hearings which happened in 1954. In this play the top two main characters are Abigail Williams and John Proctor. Lying, manipulative, and deceitful are all words that describe Abigail Williams. All these traits are what caused the deaths of many people. She wouldn't stop until she had her way and didn't care about who she would hurt which shows that all her lies, manipulations, and deceitful actions led to all of the deaths and she should face the consequences because the blood is on her hands.

People are very easily scared. It’s a natural human trait right? Well in the late 1600’s, this trait was dramatically demonstrated with the witch trials in Salem, Massachusetts, when the fear of witchcraft came about. “The crucible” was a play written about these events, in which I strongly believe that a character in the play, named Abigail, was the cause of this mass hysteria because she was a great actor, used witchcraft as an excuse to get her way, and was very manipulative.

“The Crucible” by Arthur Miller conveys the idea that Abigail William is a sociopath. She had no regard for those that may damage because of her operations. She uses other people to blame for her actions that causes sticks many people in harm’s way.

In Arthur Miller’s play, The Crucible, Miller demonstrated that it was Abigail’s flaws- lust, jealousy, and mendacity- that led her to be responsible the most for the tragedy of the witch-hunt in Salem. The Crucible focuses of the finding of young girls and a slave messing around in the woods, trying to conjure spirits from the dead. Rather than admit to their actions and face the consequences, the girls accuse everyone else of the crimes they were guilty of. Abigail Williams is the person who caused much of the drama in this story. She bears much responsibility for everyone meeting with Tituba in the woods. Once Parris discovers this meeting, Abigail attempts to keep her actions a secret because it would possibly reveal her affair with Proctor. Abigail lies to cover up her affair with proctor, and to stop the charges of witchcraft in order to prevent the terrible punishments that go along with the accusations.

Most people who become easily drunk on power tend to get carried away with their ambitions and drives, which is exactly what happened to Abigail Williams in the Crucible. Abigail sets a precedent for a series of deaths in the town of Salem after she reports several women of witchcraft, beginning a series of accusations in an ongoing trial which she quickly takes charge of, but subsequently loses control over when the town proves to carry this beyond her control. For most of the play, Abigail is adroit in her mission to gain influence over the town and reclaim her lost romance with a local man, using her skills of manipulation and duplicity to build herself a reputation as a reliable soul, when in reality she's a cruel harlot searching for revenge. Because of Abigail’s flaws of selfishness, denial, and irreverence, her ultimate downfall is the loss of the control and power over the town that she’d gained from starting the trials accompanied with the consequence of losing her home because of this.