In the play The Crucible by Arthur Miller the Salem trials come about in a deeply religious and superstitious society of puritans. The majority of the characters in the play become convinced that the removal of the devils spirit and witches from their community is the work of God. However, there are many intense feuds and rivalries in the small town that arise, which leads to the Salem residents taking advantage of the witch trials to express animosity and to plot the perfect revenge on their enemies. Abigail Williams was the original source of the hysteria in Salem. Abigail's hysteria was fueled by her hatred toward Elizabeth Proctor "She hates me, uncle; she must, for I would not be her slave. It's a bitter woman, a lying, cold, sniveling woman, and I will not work for such a woman!" (1264) In an attempt to get rid of Elizabeth, Abigail accused Elizabeth of sending her "familiar spirit," (1306). to stab her in the stomach. When In reality Abigail stabbed herself in the stomach with the needle. As a result of Abigail’s jealousy toward Elizabeth When the Salem trials started Abigail accused her of witchcraft, so she would hang. Leaving Proctor to defend his pregnant wife in court against Abigail "But it’s a whores vengeance," (1333). …show more content…
Putnam denies the accusations " It is a lie." (1323) Giles continues to argue that Putnam is an opportunist "the proof is there! I have it from an honest man who heard Putnam say it! The day his daughter cried out on Jacobs, he said she'd given him a fair gift of land." (1323) If accused of the trials and found guilty the man or women accused was to be hanged. If hanged no property or possession were allowed to be passed down to family members. Judge Danforth was not convinced that Giles was telling the truth. Giles stayed true to his word "He means to hang us all!" (1324) As the end result, Giles was killed for his accusations in the Salem witch
She also threatened her cousin Betty. Overall she is a liar. Abigail attempted to pursue a spell to kill Elizabeth Proctor because she was in love with John. Abigail’s feelings for
So she says. Abigail is the most responsible for the hysteria and the reason many innocent people are being hung to their death. Abigail goes to the woods to drink blood to curse Elizabeth Proctor. Abigail was the Proctors servant. Elizabeth found out about to adultery her and John have been doing and fired her.
In the story “The Crucible” by Arthur Miller. In this story one of the main characters Abigail Williams is shown as an evil girl who dances for the devil and does witchcraft. This all takes place in the woods the person to witness this is Reverend Parris he then tells the judge and the girls are then put on trial and ask them to confess.they then blame a slave that goes by the name of Tituba Abigail and all of the other girls in the woods also blame her for making them go and do witchcraft. All of these girls are lying especially Abigail these girls being to blame others instead of confessing so that they will not be hung for witchcraft. They then start little by little tell the court who is working for the devil which nobody has talked or seen the devil.
Abigail starts this error of the “Witch Hunt.” One of her motives to start this is from revenge, “[you drank blood], You drank a charm to kill John Proctor’s wife! You drank a charm to
In Arthur Miller’s play, The Crucible and in M. Night Shyamalan 's film, The Village both contained examples of jealousy transforming a character’s demeanor. In The Crucible, Abigail Williams had a loving demeanor towards John Proctor when they had an affair. However, after the discussion with John in Act One, it enlarged her jealousy towards his wife, Elizabeth. Abigail felt this way because she knew that his wife was in the way of their love (Miller 22-24). Over the course of the play, her desire for John had significantly increased and she jealously acted on the strategy to conspire against Elizabeth.
During the late 17th century a total of 200 people were accused of participating in witchcraft, while 19 people lost their lives to the mass hysteria. In The Crucible by Arthur Miller, a group of girls start a huge uproar in Salem, Massachusetts when they start screeching about Salemites being associated with the Devil. Throughout the play write, it shows the consequences of mass hysteria and how it puts people's lives in danger. Abigail Williams causes a wave of mass hysteria and because of her trickery, innocent people have died by her and the other girl’s actions, for this Abigail is the most unforgivable character in The Crucible.
She is a cold, sniveling woman, and you bend to her!” Abigail said about Elizabeth to John because, in the past, Abigail used to work for the Proctor’s, until Elizabeth dismissed her from their service because she walked in on John and Abigail committing adultery. After Abigail went back to living with her uncle, John realized that he made a terrible mistake and wanted nothing to do with Abigail, but she wouldn’t take no for an answer. When John had finally told her how he truly felt, this was the starting point of Abigail 's selfish ways. She didn’t care about anyone else in the town or how they would be affected if they were accused of witchcraft, she only cared about her feelings and how she was going to get John all to
In the play, the Crucible, by Arthur Miller, Salem, Massachusetts was a place of constant hysteria in the 1600s because of what would come to be commonly known as the Salem Witch Trials. This was a full-blown witch hunt for people found to display signs of witchcraft. Abigail Williams was the main person to blame for this pursuit of witches in Salem because, first off, she was the one who caused hysteria about witchcraft just to cover up the fact that
Gilliana Loyola Mr. Downey Academy B 13 October, 2016 Living a Lie Arthur Miller’s The Crucible is about the people of 17th century Salem, Massachusetts during a dangerous and dynamic period. The people of Salem were Puritans and very religious so they associated witchcraft and anything impure or evil with the Devil. When the witch hysteria, which was initially caused by girls falsely accusing others, got out-of-hand, the residents of Salem conformed to the hysteria out of fear because those who were accused were intimated certainty to death. However, the accused had a chance to save themselves by confessing to a crime they did not commit. Many took advantage of the opportunity for self-preservation because it is a human instinct,
Since the beginning of time people have gone through trials in court to either be proven innocent or guilty. In the Crucible by Arthur Miller a massive number of people were being convicted in Salem, Massachusetts because of the witch trials. The law of the land states that everyone is above suspicion until they are demonstrated to be guilty by legitimate evidence; in the play the Crucible if a person was accused of an unlawful act they were summons for being a witch and working for the devil without proper confirmation. Citizens in Salem were imposed to establish their innocent or be put to death, which caused conflicting issues in the village.
Abigail and her friends would claim that the person who was on trial was doing things to them during the trial or around their town of Salem. Most of the people who were accused were there because of either Abigail, one of her friends, or the whole group. Abigail and her friends were the only ones who really ever did witchcraft, and it was with one of the servants they knew named Tituba. The girls had done bad things with and without the witchcraft, and the worst one was Abigail. Reverend John Hale also was a big cause in the hangings.
Although Abigail Williams does not physically appear in Act 2, her presence is felt throughout The Crucible. She affects and hurts the lives of her family. She is the main source of trouble. If she wants something, she'll get it. At the beginning, there is a lot of closeness between her and the proctor family.
, , I have seen some reddish work done at night, and I can make you wish you had never seen the sun go down!” (Miller 148). Abigail forces her friends to go along with her lies, knowing full well her actions spell horrific punishments for those who will be convicted. She is remorseless and she keeps up her act, helping to send innocent people to death by accusing them of witchcraft. In all the books we have read this year, Abigail is the most straightforward example of a character stepping on others to get where they would like to go.
After Abigail made the claim that Elizabeth’s spirit stabbed her in the stomach with a needle, Ezekiel Cheever went to Elizabeth’s house and found a needle stuck in the stomach of a doll (Miller 1306). However, Mary Warren provided a deposition to the court that admitted Abigail had witnessed Mary sew the doll and stick the needle in the stomach for “safe-keeping” (Miller 1327). Abigail knew Mary Warren would take the doll to the Proctor’s home that night. As a result, Abigail saw this as the perfect opportunity to stab herself in the stomach and blame it on an innocent woman. Furthermore, Abigail lacks any evidence, other than her word, to prove Elizabeth’s spirit stabbed her.
Abigail The Victim In the Crucible many are to blame for the events that occurred, but one of the one’s who seems to take blame the most is Abigail Williams. She holds most of the responsibility because she was to blame for the girls meeting with Tituba in the woods. When Parris located the girls in the woods, Abigail tries to hide her behavior because she fears that it will uncover her affair with Proctor if she confesses that she attempted to cast a spell on his wife, Elizabeth. Abigail also lies to avoid being punished for witchcraft.