Abigail Williams Research Paper

Although Abigail Williams liked to think of herself as an important part of the witch trials, her motivations for what she did were not that different than many ordinary teenagers: she sought revenge, put her own well-being ahead of others, and let her feelings for John dictate her actions.
Abigail has a conniving mind like most teenage girls have when they plot revenge, and she goes above and beyond to get her revenge. Seven months had passed since Abigail Williams worked for the Proctor’s and had her affair with John Proctor and she is irritated with Elizabeth Proctor. To Abigail, Elizabeth is a, “cold, sniveling woman” (22) who does not deserve John. Abigail thinks she needs to save John from Elizabeth. But she knows that John is a good
Already have accused Tituba, she accuses the outcasts of the village. Because no one cares about these people the village does not question Abigail's accountability. As she gains quickly started to accuse a bunch of people of witchcraft. The village thinks of Abigail like a angel sent to cleans them of the devil. They believe whatever Abigail and the girls tell them and the girls will do whatever Abigail says. She threatens the girls to go along with her plan or she will, “come to you in the black of some terrible night and [she] will bring a pointy reckoning that will shudder you” (19). She won’t hold back on accusing them of witchcraft if they go against her, later proving it with Mary Warren. Abigail had no remorse for any of her victims, they are just her toys to do with what she wants. She soon becomes bold and accuses important and well respected people in the village. With the help of the naive Mary Warren, Abigail can finally accuse Elizabeth. Abigail says that Elizabeth’s spirit stabbed her and when searching the Proctor’s house they found a needle stuck, “in the belly of [a] poppet” (71). Since Elizabeth can not prove she did not do it, she gets