Abigail Williams Transformation

Written by Arthur Miller, The Crucible was inspired by the true event of the Salem witch trials. The Salem witch trials was the killing of many innocent people accused of being witches. Abigail Williams was the main accuser and the rest of girls that danced in the woods along side her, which was strictly forbidden in the Puritan religion, followed her lead. At the time she lived with her uncle Samuel Parris who was the reverend of the town’s church. Parris called a witchcraft expert, Hale, to come look over his daughter whom he believed was taken over by witchcraft because she would not wake up from a faked sleep.

Abigail Williams is depicted as a seventeen year old trouble-maker in Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible. She is a manipulative, deceitful, and selfish character in many ways. She explains in the beginning of the play that she watched her own parents be murdered in front of her by Native Americans. She also felt the stinging rejection of a man who did not want her, after she had fallen in love with him. Her painful past experiences have molded her into the hate-filled character she was during the Salem Witch Trials.

Eager to find a witch, he believes every accusation without any solid proof, and continuously asks the accused who they saw with the Devil, giving them the chance to pass the charge onto someone else. The townspeople go as far as blaming others to save their own lives, the lives of others, or

Abigail is one of the most inconsiderate, shallow and careless person there is in the Crucible, she does not realize that she is always affecting the life of the man she is rooting to stay and have all for herself. If Abigail really loved Proctor she should care and keep him safe from

In The Crucible, many of the characters were slightly altered from the original Salem Witch Trials to make the story more interesting. Abigail Williams was one of those characters. She has several changes, some major, some minor, but they affect the story in a big way. While there are many differences, there are also some historically accurate things about her thrown in as well.

(Act 1) That concludes all she wants is John. Abigail used her authority to create a base for her lies. When she was in the woods she drank blood to Kill goody Proctor. “You drank a charm to kill Goody Proctor” (Act 1). That reveals she will do anything to get past the obstacles

Furthermore, throughout the entire story Abigail is starting stuff, she just continues to stir the pot and makes it worse in the town. She lies to her uncle’s face about what happened in the woods, too she lied about the needle in her stomach. Through the story do to the few lies she did tell started mass caos in the town. Everyone began lying to and about everyone to save themselves, innocent people died, everyone

“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 black of some terrible night and I will bring a pointy reckoning that will shudder you,” (Act I, 160). She was the first person in the play to accuse a person of seeing people summon spirits of the Devil. This caused a massive, wide-scale witch hunt to take place; families torn apart, mothers, fathers, and even children murdered for what was considered to be the greater good. Now, others began to accuse people of witchcraft and people who had been lifelong friends to each other now had no choice other than to point fingers at each other or be put to death. Widespread panic and unreasonable action was sweeping through everyone in Salem, all because of a little lie by

Abigail seeks vengeance after her affair with John Proctor. She is still madly obsessed with him. After John rejected her, she makes up lies in court in desperate attempt to get Goody Proctor hanged. She thinks if she gets rid of Goody Proctor she will be able to have John all to herself. One quote that supports this is “I do sir.

Abigail's sudden switch of character demonstrates pure insanity. “I say shut it, Mary Warren!” (Miller, Arthur. The Crucible.) Abigail’s vicious approach almost failed but, pulled through as a twisted

Abigail Williams is not your typical teenage girl. She is a girl that will drink blood to kill someone, accuse people of witchcraft, and have a affair. By looking at The Crucible, one can see that Abigail Williams develops the theme of reputation, which is important because people who fear losing their reputation spread hysteria. Protecting her reputation motivates Abigail Williams to accuse others of being a witch.

One of the most powerful human emotions is desire. Everyone is constantly trying to fulfill their own desires. A desire or passion may be so strong it can conflict with morality. In The Crucible by Arthur Miller, Abigail Williams, is driven to go against her moral duty and pursue John Proctor. She will stop at nothing to see her plan through.

She is eighteen years old, she had an affair with a man named John Proctor, and she cannot be trusted. Abigail displays three character flaws: dishonesty, envy, and lust. Abigail displays dishonesty in the play because she lied about her and the other girls conjuring spirits in the woods. Abigail lied to her uncle and told him “It were sport uncle” (Miller 10 and 11) .Abigail ’s uncle questions her about why she was kicked out of Elizabeth

She’s the woman who holds grudges, is selfish, and a great liar. Abigail seems to be especially gifted at spreading destruction and chaos wherever she goes. She is able to manipulate others, for example, all her friends and the whole town. In addition, she obtains control over all of them and sends nineteen uninvolved people to their deaths. All these things add up.

“Goody Proctor is a gossiping liar,” (12). Abigail views Elizabeth as an obstacle between her and John and in act 2 Abigail tries to murder Elizabeth. “He has lifted the poppet’s skirt and his eyes widen in astonished fear,” (74) Cheever is horrified by the discovery of a needle in the belly of Mary Warren’s poppet. The needle in the poppet represents murder and Mary admits that Abigail sat beside her as she made the poppet. Clearly trying to kill someone for personal gain can not be denied as satanic work, but while Abigail did fail, using Mary as her pawn is still evil in its own right.