Who is to blame for the events in Salem

Abigail is the first person you would think of when looking for someone to blame for the Salem witch trials. This is because she is seen as the ringleader of the girls who were accusing people of being witches. The first thing we learn about Abby in the stage directions is “an orphan with an endless capacity for dissembling’ this shows us straight away that she likes to cause trouble. In the first act we learn that she has had an affair with proctor. He’s says ‘ill not be comin’ for you no more’ this shows us the affair has stopped. She has caused trouble with proctor and his wife by doing this. You could also Blame John Proctor because he had an affair with a childish girl as he doesn’t see the consequence. The Dancing in the woods started because Abby wanted Elizabeth dead we know this because Marry warren said “You drank a charm to kill John Proctor’s wife”. This meant she started to blame people and accused them of witches until she had the chance to accuse Elizabeth which would mean she had to hand unless she would confess . This shows us how cruel Abigail is, ready to kill people to have what she desires. So you could say that he is the cause of the events because he did think about how young she was. In Act One Abigail immediately starts to feel the empowerment that the witch trials gave her, with people listening to her and considering her opinion much more than when she was just considered a useless servant. The girls look up to and follow Abby this may be because they are sacred of her. The way Mary Warren is talking to Abby is as if she needs her to tell her what to do or give her direction this shows us she is easily led. Mary Warren says ‘what’ll we do? The village is out!’ this tells us Abby has power and control over what the girls do now. This could show us that the girls could be to blame just as much as Abby because, they are being too easily lead. Even though they know what they are doing is wrong they are still letting people die