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Who is Abigail Williams? is she a liar, a witch or is she really just an honest soul trying to prove her innocence? Some people could relate to Abigail, but those people are probably the liars and cheats of this world. Abigail Williams is one of the characters that made the least number of changes in The Crucible. Abigail's lies never changed throughout The Crucible and she continued to be deceptive. She refused to tell what happened in the woods and she lied about seeing people with the devil. In the beginning Abigail is denying all the things Paris saw when he ventured into the woods and discovered the girls dancing in a circle naked around Tituba. Near the middle of The Crucible Abigail continues to lie about the situation and the people she blamed. Then in the end Abigail remained the same and vanished without a trace. Right off the bat Abigail starts the beginning of her chaos and destruction when she starts to deny the events that happened in the woods, by saying it were just for sport and no one was naked even though she knew they were naked, and it wasn't just for sport and Abigail herself drank blood. Abigail, "it were sport uncle. No one was naked! You mistake yourself." (1264). This proves she is a liar because they were naked and it wasn't just for sport, she was trying to get rid of Elizabeth. Betty reveals these truths and shines more light on the darkness Abigail has begun. Betty, "you drank blood, Abby! You didn't tell them that!" (1268). Betty as a witness has revealed that Abigail is a liar because she admitted to it when all the men left the room. Next Abigail becomes eager to blame the ones she knows to save her self. She blames others for making her do bad things and claims it was not in her hands but in the hands of another. Abigail, "She made me do it! She made Betty do it, she makes me drink blood." (1284). Abigail denies that she was the one who wanted to drink the blood and when confronted and cornered about it she relentlessly

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