Long ago in a valley called Crystalville there lived a girl named Abigail. She was young, about the age of twelve, brown hair, and sparkling blue eyes. She lived with her father Klaus, and her mother Lucy. Crystalville was on an island close to the Pacific Ocean, the sun would roar with sunlight, and you can hear the waves of the ocean, as if you were hearing from the inside of a sea shell . Abigail 's home was close to the Pacific Ocean almost on the border of Crystalville. Abigail 's father loved to fish, he would always catch enough fish, to feed his family.
Every night before Abigail went to bed, he father would tell her bedtime stories. Abigail absolutely loved it it when her father told her stories. But there was one story, that
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“Sweetie, time to wake up.” Pretending to be asleep, Abigail “woke up” and looked at her father. Silently, Klaus closed the door. Abigail got up, dressed in her fishing uniform, which was a plain shirt made out of string that her mother gave her, and a pair of ripped, cream colored leggings made out of leather, and a pair of ripped brown boots. When she finished getting dressed, she went to the kitchen, and Lucy prepared breakfast. Abigail devoured her eggs and juicy bacon filled with grease, and behind their house, they have a little red barn that posses chickens, pigs, cows, and roosters . Every morning Abigail feeds the Animals they have. When Abigail finished, she prepared everything, to go fishing with her …show more content…
They got on the ship, and were heading to the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Abigail was sitting on the side of the boat, you can hear the wood creak of the oldness, but that did not matter to Abagail. She loved to listen to the soft whispers if the waves, and the chirps of the birds. Abigail was listening, when she saw something, she didn’t know what it was. At first she thought it was a whale, but she could not comprehend, then she realized it was white, and it had a white fin, as white as snow. Abigail thought to herself, and wondered what it could be, and then it hit her. It was Betty! She couldn’t tell her dad, because then, her dad would try to capture Betty. She couldn’t tell the shark hunter, because then he would try and kill Betty. So she kept it to herself. She was petrified of what she saw, and did not know what to
Abigail Williams is Responsible for the Salem Tragedy The spring of 1692, the Salem witch trials began after a group of young girls claimed to be possessed by the Devil and accused several local women of witchcraft. The tragic death of many people was caused by just a few young girls just as it was in the play. In The Crucible by Arthur Miller, the main character responsible for the tragedy in Salem was Abigail Williams. Abigail was the reason for the start of many of the things that happened, such as: being caught in the woods, leading to the idea of witchcraft; pretending to get stabbed by Elizabeth’s spirit, leading to respected people being accused; and threatening people with her authority, leading to the death of many people.
Amanda Able Nordgaard Hour: 5 Honors English 10 Due: 11/4/15 Abigail is to blame In The Crucible, Abigail Williams is to blame for the witch trials in Salem, Massachusetts, because she started the witchcraft activity, brought innocent people into her little game, and used deceiving tricks to get the court to believe her story. Abigail’s past could have led up to her witchcraft activity and childish behavior. When Abigail was little, she witnessed her parents being murdered.
Abigail is jobless, heartbroken, and concerned about her reputation. Not only does she drink blood in the forest in a spell to get rid of Elizabeth, she goes to John, and begs him to come back to her. She cries, "I know how you clutched my back behind your house and sweated like a stallion whenever I come near! Or did I dream that? It's she put me out, you cannot pretend it were you.
She stayed with her uncle and her cousin. One night Abigail was found dancing in the middle of the woods with a couple of other girls. Abigail’s cousin Betty had became sick soon after and people questioned Abigail’s actions. Soon after she starts to tell lies, and manipulate her friends and the entire town. Little
As the play continues the truth comes out that they did try to conjure spirits by calling to the seven dead babies that belonged to the Putnams. The reason that Abigail did not want to tell her uncle what they were doing was because if she would have told them that they were conjuring spirits her and her friends would have been faced with the death penalty for dabbling in
No one was there to protect her and she had to find it within her young self to be
She tries to accuse his wife of witchcraft to get rid of her, but John doesn't let this happen and he tells the court what they did to prove that Abigail is lying. Even though John told the truth he is put into jail to be hanged; Abigail wants to save herself so soon after this in the middle of the night she disappears with her friend Mercy Lewis. Reverend Parris says, “Excellency, I think they be aboard a ship. My daughter tells me how she heard them speaking of ships last week, and tonight I discover my - my strongbox is broke into.” Abigail is so concerned about what will happen to her that she takes all of her uncle's money and flees.
She has “seen reddish work done at night,” (Act 1,pg 27) and I live in fear each night of what she is capable of, often wishing to “never see the sun go down!”(Act 1,pg 27). Abigail’s hands are not clean and have never been. All she is good for, and always has been, is to cause fear and hysteria to the community of
There are several people who can be responsible for the evilness occurring during the Salem witch trials of 1692. Due to false accusations, innocent people are being arrested and killed, and the community is in a state of chaos and disorder. In The Crucible, Arthur Miller demonstrates that it is Abigail’s flaws-lust, dishonesty, and jealousy- that lead her to be guilty for the tragedy of the witch-hunts in Massachusetts. During the seventeenth century, Abigail Williams has the reputation of being an intelligent, yet manipulative woman who has single-handedly started the Salem witch trials.
The Sea King is widowed and his mother takes care of his palace. “They were six beautiful children; but the youngest was the prettiest of them all; her skin was as clear and delicate as a rose-leaf, and her eyes as blue as the deepest sea; but, like all the others, she had no feet, and her body ended in a fish’s tail. All day long they played in the great halls of the castle, or among the living flowers that
The crucible consists as a disturbing drama that used to happen to a real event in the American history. Abigail, the main and an antagonist character of the crucible. Abigail grew up without father and mother, however she grew up to be an insecure person. This young woman is selfish, manipulating and extremely good at lying. She has an outrageous name in Salem, Abigail were known as a person who causes problems everywhere she goes.
You mistake yourself” (Miller ). He doesn’t believe that could have been the only thing so he pressures her to confess but she lies again by saying, “ There is nothin’ more. I swear it uncle” (Miller ). Abigail was believed to be telling somewhat of the truth but as we come to find out, she lied throughout to her uncle about what had happened. Many things had occurred while she was in the woods but nobody knew but
She knew that they conjured spirits, however, she did not confess her sins. When Betty woke from her illness, her and Abigail got into an argument. During the first act of the play, Betty asserted to Abigail, "You drank blood, Abby! You didn't tell him that!... You did, you did!
Right after Abigail smacked and yelled at Betty, Abigail looks at the girls with a mean look on her face and talks fiercely, “Now look you. All of you. We danced. And Tituba conjured Ruth Putnam’s dead sister’s. And that is all.
Mary Warren Used for Both Sides In the historical play, The Crucible, Mary Warren is used for both sides. Mary Warren is a maid for John Proctor, and becomes involved in the Salem witch hunt as one of the accusers, led by Abigail Williams. She sits on the jury, part of Abigail’s gaggle girls, and is someone who was not known till the Witch Trials.