Role Of Abigail Williams In The Crucible '

The song “Rollercoaster” by the Bleachers is a good song that can be easily relatable with the character Abigail Williams from The Crucible. Abigail and the song share many characteristics that help them relate. Abigail gets a lot of people killed, she is exciting, and she is like a teenager who ran away.

Abigail Williams seems to be a despicable character in the story The Crucible. She causes do much trouble throughout the story starting from when the girls were in the woods dancing naked with Tituba. Abby says “She sends her spirit on me in church; she makes me laugh at prayer” (Miller,1154). Abigail uses Tituba to take the blame for all the girls speaking spirits and being in the woods. She manipulates people into believing and seeing what she wants them to see she is a very decisive

In the crucible by Arthur Miller, Abigail, Tituba, and Judge Danforth are most responsible for causing and prolonging the witch trials. Abigail was the first one to start accusing people. Tituba was the one who led the girls into the forest and John proctor had an affair with Abigail Williams.

According to Maya Angelou, “Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean” which explains why the bitterness and anger in Abigail Williams over losing John proctor in The Crucible by Arthur Miller causes her to seek attention by accusing many of witchcraft. Guided by their strict puritan beliefs, many of the townspeople believe her, causing several to die and countless more to suffer. Set in 1692, the town of Salem is very religious, and their puritan beliefs guide their everyday life; however, by living in such a strict environment, small arguments affecting only a few people can turn into a tragedy for the whole time. The girl most responsible for the death in Salem is Abigail Williams. She

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.

Abigail Williams In the movie Thor, Thor’s brother, Loki, nearly destroys Asgard, their home, and all who live there. Jealousy defined the relationship between Thor and Loki, because of this, he contacts the frost giants giving them directions to a possession that Asgard had taken from them years earlier. When the frost giants attempt to steal the object, Thor becomes angered.

Throughout the narrative presented in The Crucible, the dichotomy of character morals seen by actions is among the most applied literary devices. From the juxtaposition of the reverends’ actions on what was truly righteous and what was socially beneficial, to the girls’ virtuous facade used to further the devil’s grasp in Salem. However, the most notable example of this pattern is found within the characters Abigail Williams and Goodwife Elizabeth Proctor. As the boundaries of true Christian virtue are twisted and manipulated throughout the play, these two characters will act as the driving catalysts for the message. To begin to analyze the characters at hand, it is clearly portrayed that Abigail Williams is an evil and conniving girl just in the first few lines of Act 1.

“If you know that’s a sin then why won’t you stop doing it?” In the play The Crucible a group of girls were caught dancing in the forest by the minister Reverend Parris who’s daughter Betty and his niece Abigail Williams were involved. The girls knew that they have sinned so they claim that they were bewitched by members in Salem. They claim the members sent spirits out for them, they did this to save themselves from being hung. A court had to be set up to determine if the accused are guilty or innocent. Because of Abigail’s actions in the play she should be the one who is blamed for the outcome of the play.

“As the most dangerous inmates, the witches were kept in the dungeons. These were perpetually dark, bitterly cold, and so damp that water ran down the walls” (Delusion of Satan: The Full Story of the Salem Witch Trials). Throughout the late 1600s, the accusations of witchcraft in Salem became a common thread. Over 200 people were accused and more than twenty were hanged. The idea of empowerment was altered when girls of Salem made profound accusations against well known people of the town. The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller, portrays the empowerment of characters that forever affected the lives of people in Salem through rhetorical questions, pathos, and imagery.

Abigail Williams had many chances to take back, apologize, and reverse everything she did to Salem. As a result of this behavior, Abigail is not a victim of her society. She had an extravagant amount of opportunities to not be punished for her actions and spare many innocent lives. Abigail Williams in The Crucible was a truly evil human being.

While many characters in the Crucible harm or help the community, two stand out as especially influential to the fate of Salem. These two are John Proctor and Abigail Williams. Both, perhaps, do not have the community at the forefront of their minds, but in the process of pursuing their goals they affect Salem for better or for worse. Where John inspires other Salemites to rebel against the trials, Abigail tears apart the community with hysteria and paranoia.

Abigail Williams is the main reason and cause of what has been going on and being done in Salem. She has done what any typical person would have done if they were caught up in a lie and in love with someone that claims to not love you at all. How would you react if you were in Abigail’s shoes? Would you tell the truth and confess or would you continue to lie again and again to stay out of trouble?

Les Brown once said “Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.” In the play The Crucible by Arthur Miller, the small puritan town of Salem Massachusetts is completely dominated by the fear of girls like Abigail Williams accusing people of witchcraft. Abigail Williams is motivated by her obsession for John Proctor, her decision to lie during the trials lead to many innocent deaths such as John Proctor by the end of the play.

Every story or situation has a villain or someone with the wrong intentions. They usually go against someone who is labeled as the hero or the person spreading good ideas and doing good for others. The villain is not the favorite character in most cases, one of them being The Crucible by Arthur Miller. The Crucible is based off of a true event in a place called Salem Township, Massachusetts, where a huge tragedy strikes like no other. It all starts with a lie that leads to innocent people being taken to court for trials of witchcraft and killed for not confessing to what the people thought was the truth. There is one villain that starts this all. Abigail Williams is that villain.

Patty Jenkins, an American film director and screenwriter wrote,“Every villain has their belief system that makes perfect sense to them.” This quote is reminiscent of Abigail Williams, a character in The Crucible, a play by Arthur Miller. In Salem, Massachusetts in 1692, four girls were caught doing witchcraft. The girls accused other innocents of witchcraft, so they would not be framed for it. Due to the girl's actions, many of them, accused were hanged to death. Abigail Williams was a villain in The Crucible.