Abigail Williams
John Chabala,
Period 5, La 11H
12-19-14
Abigail Williams Author Millers play The Crucible. A small town in Massachusetts (in 1692) had a horrific event over a huge witch trial where over 24 people were killed; this eventually became known as the famous “Salem Witch Trials,” the person who started the horrifying event was named Abigail Williams. As one of the main characters in the play, she is a very attractive young lady. However, her outwards personality seems to be bitter, spiteful and vengeful. But she is far more than that; she is also cunning, convincing and manipulative. Most importantly, she is a girl who wants control in her life and is controlled by fear more than anything else, and uses both of those aspects about herself to her advantage. Abigail is shown to be very spiteful and demanding. This is shown when Abigail is having an argument with her uncle, Parris. "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) This shows how Abigail puts everyone down, and tries to come out as the innocent victim in all the chaos. But it goes deeper than that, Abby from a young age has been on her own—“I saw Indians smash my dear parents heads` heads on the pillow next to mine”(pg. 1268)-- even though she has been on her own, she has never had control over her life. Being a woman in the 1700s` she doesn`t have many rights. She cannot own land, she cannot vote and she has almost no chance at a good job. Because of this she decides to go work for the Proctors. Even then she has no control. She is essentially a slave, doing whatever they command. And Abigail does not like not being in control, for she realizes that to not be in control is to not be able to predict the outcome, and if she isn`t able to predict the outcome, she is essentially in the dark. That scares her, so she tries to take control what little she can, hence saying “She hates
Period 5, La 11H
12-19-14
Abigail Williams Author Millers play The Crucible. A small town in Massachusetts (in 1692) had a horrific event over a huge witch trial where over 24 people were killed; this eventually became known as the famous “Salem Witch Trials,” the person who started the horrifying event was named Abigail Williams. As one of the main characters in the play, she is a very attractive young lady. However, her outwards personality seems to be bitter, spiteful and vengeful. But she is far more than that; she is also cunning, convincing and manipulative. Most importantly, she is a girl who wants control in her life and is controlled by fear more than anything else, and uses both of those aspects about herself to her advantage. Abigail is shown to be very spiteful and demanding. This is shown when Abigail is having an argument with her uncle, Parris. "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) This shows how Abigail puts everyone down, and tries to come out as the innocent victim in all the chaos. But it goes deeper than that, Abby from a young age has been on her own—“I saw Indians smash my dear parents heads` heads on the pillow next to mine”(pg. 1268)-- even though she has been on her own, she has never had control over her life. Being a woman in the 1700s` she doesn`t have many rights. She cannot own land, she cannot vote and she has almost no chance at a good job. Because of this she decides to go work for the Proctors. Even then she has no control. She is essentially a slave, doing whatever they command. And Abigail does not like not being in control, for she realizes that to not be in control is to not be able to predict the outcome, and if she isn`t able to predict the outcome, she is essentially in the dark. That scares her, so she tries to take control what little she can, hence saying “She hates