Abigail Williams Manipulation

Abigail Williams is a very important if not the most important person to this play. She has many different qualities that make her the unpredictable enigma she is. abby lies, cheats, steals, persuades, and snitches on everyone and anyone who gets in the way of what she wants. She has had a sheltered life and is tired of it which makes her quite rebellious and manipulative. It all starts out with her trying to find love in the wrong places.
Act I
Abby manipulates john procter throughout act 1. In Act I, her unique skills and manipulation are clearly shown. When she's on the edge of getting caught for messing in witchcraft, she manages to frame the whole thing on Tituba and many of Salem's other second-class citizens. since Abys short affair with John Proctor, she's been out to get his wife. abby convinced Tituba to put a curse on Elizabeth, hoping to get rid of her and take her place so she could be with john.

Act II
It's ironic that the Abby, who led
Later on in act iii she loses her last shred of will by damning John Proctor. even though she states that she loves him. When John attempts to tell Abyss lies, she skillfully proceeds to turn the whole thing back on him at the end. Abby did all she could to keep herself alive and get what she wanted all the way to the end, eventually leaving town with all of her uncle's money. The character of Abby williams is often made out to be selfish. She doesn't let out one shred of sympathy the whole play, making her seem absolutely crazy and diabolical. although, even though Abby's actions are gritty and selfish, they are in her eyes good. For instance, Miller tells an important detail about Abby's youth that tells us a clue about where her crazes might have originated from. When she was younger, Abigail watched both of her parents be murdered. Even though abby is viewed in many ways she will forever be a