What Is The Misguided Teen In The Crucible

When a village holds such a structured society there is always going to be someone to deny the rules. In Arthur Miller’s play, The Crucible, the misguided teen, Abigail Williams, uses that structure against the people of Salem. To do this, she places herself in a high position, controlling the adolescents around her. This leads to the teenage girls of Salem fearing Abigail because of how she challenges the rules of their society. At the beginning of the play the teenage girls of Salem are accused of doing obscene practices. When the play starts, the audience discovers that the girls were found in the middle of the woods dancing, which is against the Puritan culture. This discovery leads to the whole village talking about witchery. When Mary Warren, a follower of Abby, realizes that what they did was a mistake she says, “They’ll be callin us witches, Abby!... You’ll only be whipped for dancing.” It is quite obvious to know that Abby in some way will be punished for their sporting, but when Abby says, “We’ll be whipped!” it is known that Abigail will make sure that all of the girls go down with her. As the play continues into Act II John Proctor blames Abigail Williams for the girls pretense of witchery. Back in Act I, Abigail told Proctor that what they were doing had not to do with witchcraft, but at the time John
At the end of Act III, Mary Warren comes to the court to reveal the girls pretense of witchery. Even after so, Abby still lies to the judges claiming, “Her wings are spreading! Mary, please, don’t, don’t-!” Mary then backtracks on her case to avoid Abby’s revenge by saying, “He wake me every night… I sign, I sign… Abby, Abby, I’ll never hurt you no more! ” This emotional moment shows that Mary would rather kill off her neighbors than have to deal with the rath of Abigail