people was mainly caused by a young girl. Abigail Williams was responsible for the witchcraft hysteria in Salem‚ Massachusetts‚ 1962. She would be responsible for the imprisonment and execution of innocent people. She did various things that were wrong and affected the lives of so many people. She not only lied on so many persons but she also threatened people to go along with her play. To begin with in the play “ The Crucible ” it states that Abigail Williams lied to the towns peoples and said Tituba
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In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible‚ the main character Abigail Williams is to blame for the witch trials in Salem‚ Massachusetts. Abigail is a mean and vindictive person who always wants her way‚ no matter who she hurts. Throughout the play her accusations and lies cause many people pain and suffering‚ but she seemed to never care for any of them except John Proctor‚ whom she had an affair with seven months prior to the beginning of the play. The lies begin to unravel as the reader dives into the book
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impression on history of what paranoia can do to people. The tragedy is now a play called “the Crucible by: Arthur Miller in the Crucible the most accountable person for the trials in the play is shown to be Abigail Williams. Abigail’s lying and acting is what began the witch trials not only that she is the ringleader for the so called “bewitched girls of Salem”. The first and most important reason Abigail is the main cause of the witch trials is
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Abigail Williams is a dominant figure in The Crucible. She is both malicious and manipulative. She is astute and knows how to use power to her own advantage. She is a marvellous antagonist with vengeful desires and she is ruthless for the mass hysteria and death which happens later in the play. Throughout the first act‚ we learn that Abigail is dominant and has authority over other characters within the play. “(Betty doesn’t move. She shakes her.) Now stop this! Betty! Sit up now!” The use of the
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Neel Parikh English11 7/8 Victorero-Mongone 10th‚ May 2013 Psychological Evaluation of Abigail Williams When people hear the term psychological disorder‚ they usually think of someone who might have gone crazy or are on the verge of losing their mind. That is not always true however as‚ some of those diseases are pretty severe and whereas others that are not too harsh. A prime example of this would be the movie A Beautiful Mind where John Nash was having false imaginations of things including agents
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Other intentions The Crucible‚ by Arthur Miller‚ is a play based on events that took place in Salem‚ Massachusetts‚ in 1692. During this time period‚ many people were being falsely accused of witchcraft and being in association with the devil. In this play‚ Miller introduces a character named Abigail Williams‚ who starts to lie and accuse innocent people to cover up her own sins such as an affair with an older‚ married man‚ or dancing in the forest. Abigail has the constant need for power‚
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Massachusetts. Abigail Williams is one of the young girls who was found dancing in the woods by her uncle‚ Reverend Parris. Along with her good qualities comes a few certain flaws as well. Abigail gets very jealous when it comes to Elizabeth‚ spiteful when she has a lot of anger built up and untruthful when it comes to admitting that she danced in the woods. Abigail is a main factor when it comes to the blaming of the events that have happened in Salem‚ Massachusetts. Abigail Williams is very jealous
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The book The Crucible by Arthur Miller was successful in warning the citizens of America against McCarthyism during the 1950’s. McCarthyism began because of a man named McCarthy and in the story The Crucible‚ a young girl named Abigail started the madness which lead to the witch trials. Abigail was galvanized by love‚ creating a duplicitous version of herself and sparked conflict between herself‚ Proctor‚ and Elizabeth. Deceitfulness and lies is constant throughout the story‚ and Abigail is the master
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place became known as the Salem Witch Trials. The trials brought Arthur Miller to write The Crucible‚ depicting the unfortunate events. Throughout The Crucible‚ a young girl named Abigail Williams uses her cunningness and deceitfulness to get what she wants. Her jealousness and lack of moral and ethics gives her the ability to condemn innocent beings to death‚ without any questions. Abigail Williams is seen as “seventeen and strikingly beautiful” (138). However‚ she is selfish‚ and an excellent
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John Chabala‚ Period 5‚ La 11H 12-19-14 Abigail Williams Author Millers play The Crucible. A small town in Massachusetts (in 1692) had a horrific event over a huge witch trial where over 24 people were killed; this eventually became known as the famous “Salem Witch Trials‚” the person who started the horrifying event was named Abigail Williams. As one of the main characters in the play‚ she is a very attractive young lady. However‚ her outwards personality seems to be bitter‚ spiteful and vengeful
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