Examples Of Abigail In The Crucible
To quote Clare Boothe Luce, “no good deed goes unpunished”. There are truths within that statement. In Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible there are reactions to the actions that we caused.
Throughout Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible, based on the Salem Witch Trials, the reader follows the atrocious actions of Abigail William in order to illustrate that actions have consequences, good or bad.
In the beginning of The Crucible, Abigail, one of the girls that went around accusing people of being witches, had a stranglehold on the rest of the girls that danced with her at the forest.
Abigail forced the girls “to tell them [they] danced” and that is all (Miller 147). Abigail experienced a minor consequence for forcing the girls not being able to …show more content…
Through the play Abigail has the intentions of getting John Proctor, and she intends to get rid of everything in her way to get to that, even if it means hurting herself. Supposedly “Abigail were stabbed” due to witchcraft by John Proctor’s wife, Elizabeth Proctor (Miller 176). Now at this point in time Abigail is so far deep in this idea that she is willing to hurt herself all in order to get rid of what is in her way to John, Elizabeth. Abigail knew that Mary Warren was going to
give the poppet with a needle in the stomach to Elizabeth, however what she did not know is that
John was not prepared to give up on his wife. Abigail starts to feel the second consequence in which that she is losing control over Mary
Now at the end where all the pieces were put into place for Abigail, she is ready for the final act, to get Elizabeth Proctor executed. There was one problem, John Proctor was not giving up and so he had forced Mary Warren to confess what she had did wrong. However when confessing the voice of many is stronger that one voice, as in the voices of the Abigail and the girls are stronger than that of Mary Warrens. Now fearing death Mary Warren pointing at
Throughout Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible, based on the Salem Witch Trials, the reader follows the atrocious actions of Abigail William in order to illustrate that actions have consequences, good or bad.
In the beginning of The Crucible, Abigail, one of the girls that went around accusing people of being witches, had a stranglehold on the rest of the girls that danced with her at the forest.
Abigail forced the girls “to tell them [they] danced” and that is all (Miller 147). Abigail experienced a minor consequence for forcing the girls not being able to …show more content…
Through the play Abigail has the intentions of getting John Proctor, and she intends to get rid of everything in her way to get to that, even if it means hurting herself. Supposedly “Abigail were stabbed” due to witchcraft by John Proctor’s wife, Elizabeth Proctor (Miller 176). Now at this point in time Abigail is so far deep in this idea that she is willing to hurt herself all in order to get rid of what is in her way to John, Elizabeth. Abigail knew that Mary Warren was going to
give the poppet with a needle in the stomach to Elizabeth, however what she did not know is that
John was not prepared to give up on his wife. Abigail starts to feel the second consequence in which that she is losing control over Mary
Now at the end where all the pieces were put into place for Abigail, she is ready for the final act, to get Elizabeth Proctor executed. There was one problem, John Proctor was not giving up and so he had forced Mary Warren to confess what she had did wrong. However when confessing the voice of many is stronger that one voice, as in the voices of the Abigail and the girls are stronger than that of Mary Warrens. Now fearing death Mary Warren pointing at