Abigail Williams is quite the devious character portrayed in The Crucible by Arthur Miller. She is seen doing wrong things and committing crimes, whether intentional or not, throughout the entire play. One crime she is guilty of throughout the play is murder in the second degree. According to Justia, Murder in the second degree is defined as an intentional killing that was not premeditated (Justia). Abigail’s careless accusations, and many other people inspired by her, of many people committing witchcraft sends them to jail in which ultimately they are hanged. This makes her guilty of committing murder in the second degree. Some may believe that it is a stretch to refer to this as murder in the second degree, however her decisions are what caused many to lose their lives. Abigail’s murders in the second degree begin at the end of act one. After watching the grilling interrogation of Tituba, Abigail seems to be inspired by Tituba’s accusation of Sarah Good and Sarah Osburn. She does so by proclaiming “I want the light of God…I saw Sarah Good with the Devil! I saw Goody …show more content…
It is discovered earlier in the play that Abigail and John Proctor had an affair while she worked under him. She still remains to be in love with him although he has lost all feelings and decides to stay loyal to his wife. This leads to Abigail wanting to get rid of Elizabeth Proctor and she is willing to do anything to do so. In act two after Hale visits the Proctor home to question their relationship with God, Cheever walks in with a warrant for Elizabeth’s arrest. After John asks who charged his wife with witchcraft, Cheever responds with “Why, Abigail Williams charge her”(Miller). With Abigail accusing Elizabeth of witchcraft knowing the consequences of those who are decided as guilty and wanting to get rid of Elizabeth, it shows that she wanted Elizabeth to be convicted and
Her lies play a part in starting the witch trials. To save herself she would throw any of the other girls or towns folk to blame. “ I want the light of God”, “I saw Sarah Good, Goody Osburn, and Bridget Bishop with the devil”. Watching Abigail's actions we see how much she is willing to bend the truth and even manipulate others to keep herself away from blame/harm. Yet even with all the lies and manipulation from Abigail there is an instance
The Ring Leader The Crucible written by Arthur Miller has a variety of characters, one of the more dominant characters, named Abigail Williams, was behind a series of unfortunate events. Abigail lied on numerous occasions, manipulated others, and sent many to their deaths. Abigail’s important character traits were being dishonest, manipulating others, and having a bold attitude.
Therefore Abigail is by far the most despicable character in the play. Abigail has done witchcraft and she has done many horrible things with Tituba. She told that tituba made here do it.
The Crucible is a play that takes place in a town called Salem in the late 1600’s during the Salem Witch Trials. The Salem Witch Trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of the people that were accused of witchcraft in Salem because of a group of girls that were dishonest about doing something they weren’t supposed to. Among this group of girls was Abigail Williams who manipulated the other girls into going along with the lie which shows how manipulative, dishonest and selfish she is. Abigail can be described as manipulative because of the many things she does to get her way.
The Crucible reminds us that the abuse of trust and good standing to trick people into false beliefs, often leads to tragedy. Abigail Williams is the best example of this. Miss Williams wasn’t the most respected girl, but she was a young woman, and therefore held to a high standard. When Abigail was caught doing “witchcraft” in the woods, she used that standard to lie,and blame other girls for consorting with the devil and tricking her. Such as in Act 1 when she shouts at Tituba "She made me do it!
In The Crucible by Arthur Miller, Abigail Williams and John Proctor are known to have had an adulterous affair with one another. Even though both John Proctor and Abigail are worthy of blame for their actions, Abigail is the most culpable of the two. In The Crucible, Abigail is the most to blame because of her “tempting” Proctor to carrying out the act more. During Act 1, Abigail is shown to keep egging on Proctor although he does not want to have the affair with her anymore.
Abigail is a selfish snake! Abigail is portrayed as a cunning and untrustworthy character in Arthur Miller's play. The Crucible, a play written by Arthur Miller in 1953, explores the infamous story of the Salem witch trials. The Crucible was reflected by the “Red Scare” which took place after WW1, because of the American labor movement. The story follows a group of girls, led by Abigail Williams, who falsely accuse others in their community of witchcraft.
Abigail has several motives for her actions, which evolve and become more iniquitous as the plot evolves. Abigail’s motives include protecting herself during the trial, ensuring the destruction of Elizabeth’s relationship with John Proctor, and stopping anyone who tries to get in her way. Her deception contributes to several themes throughout the play, including the destructive
Abigail knew she was in the wrong from the very beginning, she used her power by being one of the older girls to manipulate the younger ones to go with her and put all of the blame onto the people in the town that she knew had the power to get rid of her. At the end of Elizabeth's court case, they asked Abigail if she was lying about seeing things or hearing things and that she wouldn’t be in any trouble and they would forgive, but she went on with her act putting the blame on Elizabeth saying shes working with the devil. The people that would accuse Abigail of lying would look at them and say “There shall be no blush on my name.” When the first hanging went through the director had the camera on her face and this scene shows that she started to get a thrill of seeing how much power she had over the town. There was a point where she knew her plan of ending up with John was going downhill when he called her a whore or when Mary Warren started to claim John of the devil's work and he told everyone in the town that “the devil is alive in
1949 “an ugly foot print in history”, (p vii). “Receiving a gold medal award 1955 for the play”, on the death of the small town Salem and its witch-hunts that made it famous an act written on this even is called the crusibe. The corruption of Elizabeth when faced with death occurs when the people of Salem betray her. The next three paragraphs are based on Elizabeth Proctor a victim of the witch hunts in 1949,as well as the betrayed of the town’s people towards each other.
A tragic time in American history was the Salem witch trials of 1962, which took place in Salem, Massachusetts. Many innocent people were wrongfully convicted of witchcraft at this time and executed as a result. Abigail Williams, a young lady who played a crucial role in the events in Arthur Miller's play "The Crucible," was one of the main perpetrators of these false allegations. Abigail is shown in "The Crucible" as a manipulative and bitter character who will do anything to further her agenda. She is driven by jealousy and a desire for revenge against those who have wronged her.
but in reality she was caught attempting to cast a spell on Elizabeth. The reason for her trying to cast a spell is because Abigail falls in love with John Proctor but he is married to Elizabeth but that doesn’t bother Abigail.
Before long, Elizabeth is framed by Abigail and taken to prison where she is accused of using witchcraft to kill
In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible Abigail Williams, a young, headstrong woman , is the main villain of this story. Most people will say Abigail is the victim but the only thing she is a victim of is a broken heart. The reasons of her being the fellon are she started the witch hoax and tried to rid of Goody Proctor. Abigail commenced the whole witch hoax in order to save herself from getting into trouble for ‘dancing’ in the woods.
Abigail 's heartless attitude is shown in act two when she frames and accuses Elizabeth Proctor for witchcraft. She desired and longed for this revenge on poor Proctors innocent wife, aiming for her through out the play. Later on in Act Three she seems to lose her last attachment of society by destroying John Proctor, who she claims to love with all her heart. When John attempts and threatens to expose Abigail’s wrong doings, she skillfully manages to turn the whole problem around on him, sending him off