The Crucible is a drama that is exciting and intriguing with unforgettable characters. One of the main characters from the play is Abigail Williams, she is complex and at times the reader wonders why she does the things she does. The three adjectives that the reader may use to describe Abigail are selfish, a liar, and a leader. Abigail is one of many interesting characters, and perhaps the most interesting one in The Crucible.
The first adjective that describes Abigail is selfish. There are many reason why she is selfish, one of the reasons is that she had an affair with John Procter even when he was married. She did not think of the feelings of his wife and children, nor did she care that she was creating so many problems for so many people. Another reason is when John was in …show more content…
There are many reasons why Abigail is a lair, one of the reasons is she said she saw the devil. Another reason is she denied seeing Marry Warren making the poppet during court. And the last reason is she told the court that she saw Marry Warrens spirit when they was in court. Even though the spirit wasn’t there she was just saying that. In the play Abigail told Danforth “I have seen my blood runnin’ out! I have been near to murdered every day because I done my duty pointing out the Devi’s people- and tis is my reward? To be mistrusted, denied, questioned.”
The third adjective that describes Abigail is a leader. There are many reasons why Abigail is a leader, the first reason, she was the leader of the group of girls. The second reason is that she lead all the girls to the woods and they were all dancing naked. And the last reason is whatever she said the girls would repeat it back and whatever she does they do the same thing. In the play when Abigail was in court she said see saw Marry Warren spirit and it was coming after her and when she was yelling “stop it Marry” the girls was yelling “ stop it