What Does Abigail Williams Represent In The Crucible
The Crucible
Even though not all puritans were bad Christians, those who broke the puritan beliefs were. In the Crucible, two main characters name Abigail Williams, and John Proctor broke the three puritan beliefs: Plainness, Grace, and Divine Mission. Plainness follows the 10 commandments for example, “Thou Shall Not Kill, and Thou shall not bear false witness against its neighbor”. Grace represents the cleansing of the soul. For instance if you envy someone, you would have to be cleansed of your hatred towards that fellow person. Lastly, Divine Mission the spread of religion. One of the ways you can represent that is by going to church every Sunday, and sharing religious views with others. In the Crucible, the first belief John Proctor breaks in the play is Grace. John proctor showed adultery to his servant, …show more content…
Abigail Williams shows adultery by having an affair with John Proctor, even though he was married (14). Abigail Williams breaks Grace, because she needs to be cleansed of her love for John Proctor. The next puritan belief Abigail Williams breaks is Plainness. During the court trail Abigail gets up with Mary Warren, the servant of the Proctors, for testifying that all the spirits did not exist, and that the poppet, a doll, was hers and not Elizabeth Proctors. Abigail soon pretends to see a yellow bird, which represented Mary Warren spirit, and was attacking her (51). Abigail was lying, with her lie she broke one of the 10 commandments,” Thou shall not bear false witness against your neighbor”. The last belief Abigail Williams breaks is Divine Mission. At the beginning of The Crucible, Abigail, and her cousin Betty, went out to the wood to the woods. While being out in the woods they met up with a slave named, Tituba, to dance and practice a ritual (9). With this decision of Abigail Williams, she cannot spread her religion if she practicing rituals that represents
Even though not all puritans were bad Christians, those who broke the puritan beliefs were. In the Crucible, two main characters name Abigail Williams, and John Proctor broke the three puritan beliefs: Plainness, Grace, and Divine Mission. Plainness follows the 10 commandments for example, “Thou Shall Not Kill, and Thou shall not bear false witness against its neighbor”. Grace represents the cleansing of the soul. For instance if you envy someone, you would have to be cleansed of your hatred towards that fellow person. Lastly, Divine Mission the spread of religion. One of the ways you can represent that is by going to church every Sunday, and sharing religious views with others. In the Crucible, the first belief John Proctor breaks in the play is Grace. John proctor showed adultery to his servant, …show more content…
Abigail Williams shows adultery by having an affair with John Proctor, even though he was married (14). Abigail Williams breaks Grace, because she needs to be cleansed of her love for John Proctor. The next puritan belief Abigail Williams breaks is Plainness. During the court trail Abigail gets up with Mary Warren, the servant of the Proctors, for testifying that all the spirits did not exist, and that the poppet, a doll, was hers and not Elizabeth Proctors. Abigail soon pretends to see a yellow bird, which represented Mary Warren spirit, and was attacking her (51). Abigail was lying, with her lie she broke one of the 10 commandments,” Thou shall not bear false witness against your neighbor”. The last belief Abigail Williams breaks is Divine Mission. At the beginning of The Crucible, Abigail, and her cousin Betty, went out to the wood to the woods. While being out in the woods they met up with a slave named, Tituba, to dance and practice a ritual (9). With this decision of Abigail Williams, she cannot spread her religion if she practicing rituals that represents