Abigail Williams The Crucible is a play written by Arthur Miller based on the Salem‚ Massachusetts witch trials. Throughout the play we meet many characters who are motivated by different things. Abigail Williams is one of the most prominent characters in the play. Abigail’s powerful‚ attention seeking and vengeful ways add to the drama in Salem as well as deepen the plot in The Crucible. Abigail could use her power in many different ways. The younger girls feared her‚ making it easy for her
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Most people hate normal things‚ such as traffic or cleaning. Other people‚ upon reading The Crucible‚ develop a sense of hatred towards Abigail Williams. Arthur Miller writes Abigail as manipulative‚ selfish‚ and an effective liar. This hatred towards Abigail is inevitable and present throughout the play‚ but Miller suggests that hatred towards an evil person is warranted. In the first act‚ Abigail immediately starts by lying‚ which becomes her first introduction to every reader. Rumors are spreading
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Conflict is a catalyst for change Everything changes daily for a number of different reasons and one of them can be conflict. Conflict usually only brings us tragedy and sadness due to its process which changes a lot of different things. The result of conflict which is usually death is one obvious change it brings to us that change the peaceful life into a chaos. During the process of conflict‚ other changes will also be made. During conflicts‚ it is possible that our positions get changed. When
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“In matters of malice‚ the devil suits his actions to man’s beliefs about them‚” stated by Reverend John Hale. The way people perceive evil during 1692 in Salem‚ Massachusetts has caused them to deal evil deeds themselves. John Hale’s remarks of the witchcraft hysteria about how men’s view on the witch trials has cause them to immorally deal with them‚ as depicted in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible. The Crucible is a play about a dispute over the witch trials in Salem‚ Massachusetts of 1692 as one girl
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characters as it spreads throughout the community. During act three of The Crucible‚ Mary Warren was taken in front of the court to confess the lies and suspicion that the young girls were spreading throughout the town. While trying to confess‚ Mary was pressured into irrational fear of being convicted of being a witch‚ because of this Mary turned against Mr.Proctor‚ accusing him of witchcraft. Without thinking Mary let her fear control her actions‚ which resulted in the arrest of John Proctor. People
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The crucible is a noteworthy piece of literature that reveals an important period of the american colonies history. The book presents criticism of the witch hunting ideology that rooter from mccarthyism. Abigail williams is portrayed as a young beautiful girl who is associated with the devil‚ who took the form of a woman to convince the women from the village into sin. abigail is very vengeful‚ selfish‚ manipulative and a spectacular liar. She seems to be gifted at spreading death‚ manipulating others
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told within the small town made it nearly impossible for anyone to know what really happened. These gaps in knowledge made people’s minds open to any kind of explanation. The dishonesty‚ brainwashing and manipulation exhibited by Abigail Williams‚ Mary Warren and the court is ultimately what allowed the witch trials to occur and to continue. Although Abigail wasn’t the only girl to make that initial cry of witchcraft‚ she was the leader of the girls who did. When Betty Parris and Ruth Putnam had faked
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together. As the intensity of the witch trails reach its climax‚ Elizabeth Proctor is accused of being a witch. When Cheever arrives to take Elizabeth to jail‚ Proctor inquires about the accuser‚ who happens to be Abigail Williams. John then tells Mary Warren‚ Abigail’s abettor‚ to testify against her. When this fails in court‚ Proctor sacrifices everything he owns‚ his name‚ his family’s reputation‚ and his life‚ by saying‚ “It is a whore!” (Act III‚ scene i). John Proctor admitted lechery in a prevailing
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Meanwhile‚ witch trials move forward‚ and Proctor is determined to be entirely honest. He intends on his house servant‚ Mary Warren to go forward and testify against Abigail‚ proving that she is a fraud. As Mary’s testimony continues‚ John exclaims “Mary‚ remember the angel Raphael--do which is good” (Miller 196). Proctor not only strives for himself to be truthful‚ but attempts to convince others to do the same. In addition to his honesty
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court that Proctor worshipped the Devil and committed perjury. When Proctor tore the warrant issued for the arrest of Elizabeth‚ it showed his ability to defy the court and in a way his religion because the court was controlled by religion. Keeping Mary Warren from court was extreme because he was keeping her from doing her duty and from feeling important for the first time. Even if one is brave or extreme‚ this doesn’t mean that they cannot be dignified too. Proctor acted
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