Abigail and the Crucible Throughout the crucible, the whole point of the story is to prove whether witchcraft is actually taking place, or if Abigail is just full of absolute lies. Abigail Williams was not the nicest of them all, but sometimes it seemed like she truly cared. In this situation, Abigail was absolutely a victim of her society because witchcraft was an excuse to show her mischievous behavior. It seemed as though Abigail was favored through the play. Abigail was a young girl who knew
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king. While some people would say Abigail Williams is an innocent young teen I believe she is an untrustworthy person whose actions have negative effects on people’s lives. Abigail Williams shows her true colors by manipulating many people in the town of Salem. Abigail Williams was a very un-honest person as she lied and did many bad things. One of the first things she lies about is in the start of the story when the girls get caught dancing in the woods Abigail says “We did dance uncle and when
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Abigail Williams: The witch trials in Salem occurred because of Abigail. Abigail Williams is a character from the play “The Crucible”. She was raised by the village she grew up in. It was her fault that the trials had even occurred. She started something she could not finish and by starting it she killed many innocent people. Abigail is at blame because she did all of this just to get with John Proctor (Elizabeth Proctor’s husband), who drank the chicken blood charm to kill Elizabeth. The entire
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think it’s crazy how Abigail did things and tired to lie about it. She blame it on everyone like she wasn’t quality and her group of friends falsely accused innocent citizens of witchcraft. She was trying to harm a lot of people when the community was the type of community that always be there for each other. Abigail is a very evil girl. In the beginning of the story on page 1130 Miller explains that Abigail was in the forest dancing with a group of girls her age. Abigail tell her uncle “ we
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Elizabeth Proctor and Abigail Williams are both opinionated, only one holds something that is purely opinion whilst the other holds a solid basis upon faith.
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Is Abigail Williams a person of good character or does she have cruel intentions? In The Crucible, a play by Arthur Miller, Abigail Williams is one of the main characters. Abigail Williams plays a big role and not a very good one at that, she’s a liar, sinner of adultery, and feels no emotion for those who were hung because of her. From the beginning, Abigail Williams lied which lead her to tell a whole string of lies. The very first lie that Abigail told was about the dancing she said,”It were sport
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Love was all she did; she fell in love with the wrong person. Abigail Williams was sadly never desired by anyone; she was known as the towns whore. In this essay you will come to know Abigail Williams as a sweet girl who’s is love or a manipulative girl who is evil. In mostly everyone’s opinion and based on The Crucible Ms. Williams was despised by most women in the town of Salem. She was known to have slept with goody proctors husband Mr. Proctor they had an affair as she was working for the family
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Abigail Williams is the opposite of one’s thought of a Puritan. She is selfish, manipulative, ungodly, and especially fond of her adulterous relationship with John Proctor. In Arthur Miller's play, The Crucible, Abigail attempts to save herself from embarrassment by initiating a cruel witch hunt, accusing those who are innocent but are in the way of her own devious plan. She lies about her and her friends attempting to murder Elizabeth Proctor with witchcraft in the woods by turning the blame on
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character, Abigail Williams, is to blame for the trials because of her deep love for John, her horrible childhood, and her unstoppable drive to protect herself. Throughout the play, Abigail’s lies and accusations caused a great number of people pain and suffering, although she never seemed to care about any of them except for the man she had an affair with prior to the play, John Proctor. Elizabeth, John’s wife, eventually found out about the affair being had and John expressed to Abigail the affair
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In Arthur Miller's play, The Crucible, I believe that the main character, Abigail Williams, is to blame. Abigail is a very mean person who always wants everything her way, no matter who gets hurt. Many events from the past might have influenced her behavior, but she is a woman of her own actions. Throughout the play her lies cause many people pain and suffering, but she never really cared unless their name was John Proctor. I feel like she is a victim, not because of the society she is in, but a
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