Who Is Abigail Evil In The Crucible
Abigail Williams was a deceitful, dishonest, and manipulative teenage girl who antagonized the village of Salem in the the late 17th century. Instead of living a traditional Puritan life Abigail was the initiator of pandemonium within the village of Salem, Massachusetts during the Salem Witch Trials. In 1692 men and women were accused and sometimes hanged for practicing witchcraft, including husband and wife John and Elizabeth Proctor. The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller depicts the story of Abigail and her mischievous ways of governing people’s lives during the dark times in Salem. With the aid of Abigail’s friends she was able to psychologically influence Salem with her selfish and greed actions to successfully control the minds of it’s
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A few days prior Betty, Abigail, and a few more girls were seen by Reverend Parris in the forest gathered around a fire bearing a boiling pot. But, what Parris did not know is that the girls had instructed his slave, Tituba to prepare a charm for Abigail to drink that would kill Elizabeth Proctor. Abigail assumed that by Elizabeth’s death, John Proctor would marry her because she had had an affair with him in the past. But, at the startling sight of Parris the girls were frightened and Betty fainted. After Betty was rumored to be a victim of witchcraft Abigail was one of the first to enter the Parris household. She had informed Parris that the town was distraught from the witchcraft rumors so eventually Parris and his company left the room, leaving Betty with Abigail and their friends, Mercy Lewis, Susanna Walcott, and Mary Warren. Abigail wakes Betty and expresses to her friends, “Now look you. All of you. We danced. And Tituba conjured Ruth Putnam's dead sisters. And that is all … Let either of you breathe a word … and I will bring a pointy reckoning that will shudder you” (Miller19). To save what is left of her poor reputation, Abigail uses psychological fear and intimidation to manipulate the girl's thoughts and blind them from telling the actual truth about what happened in the
A few days prior Betty, Abigail, and a few more girls were seen by Reverend Parris in the forest gathered around a fire bearing a boiling pot. But, what Parris did not know is that the girls had instructed his slave, Tituba to prepare a charm for Abigail to drink that would kill Elizabeth Proctor. Abigail assumed that by Elizabeth’s death, John Proctor would marry her because she had had an affair with him in the past. But, at the startling sight of Parris the girls were frightened and Betty fainted. After Betty was rumored to be a victim of witchcraft Abigail was one of the first to enter the Parris household. She had informed Parris that the town was distraught from the witchcraft rumors so eventually Parris and his company left the room, leaving Betty with Abigail and their friends, Mercy Lewis, Susanna Walcott, and Mary Warren. Abigail wakes Betty and expresses to her friends, “Now look you. All of you. We danced. And Tituba conjured Ruth Putnam's dead sisters. And that is all … Let either of you breathe a word … and I will bring a pointy reckoning that will shudder you” (Miller19). To save what is left of her poor reputation, Abigail uses psychological fear and intimidation to manipulate the girl's thoughts and blind them from telling the actual truth about what happened in the