Examples Of Abigail Williams In The Crucible

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A crucible is a difficult test or challenge; it can also be described as a place or situation that forces people to make a difficult decision. “The Crucible” by Arthur Miller shows many different situations where people are tested. Each test reveals someone's true nature, some were brave and courageous, while others were cowards and selfish. Rebecca Nurse and Abigail Williams were both tested, and something different was revealed about each of them. Rebecca Nurse was tested throughout the book, and it was shown that she is strong and stands for what she believes in. Rebbecca Nurse also known as Goody Nurse is married to Francis Nurse, in Salem they are highly respected wealthy landowners; Salem is a small village that is extremely religious. …show more content…

Abigail Williams is the niece of Reverend Parris she's described as “strikingly beautiful” with a talent for trouble. In the beginning we find out that Abigail and the other young girls in Salem had been dancing in the woods with Parris’s slave Tituba who is from Barbatos. The people of the town start to find out and accuse the girls of witchcraft. Abigail doesn't want her name ruined so she gets all the other girls to follow her lead, and throughout the play they accuse people of being working with the devil so they don't get in trouble. Later it is revealed that Abigail had slept with John Proctor, a Salem farmer and landowner in his mid 30s. 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 doesn't consider what happened to all the people she accused of

Examples Of Abigail Williams In The Crucible
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Was Abigail Williams a liar or a victim of puritan society? The crucible was a book written by Arthur Miller That tells the story of puritan society. The puritans were a religious group that followed very strict religious practices and were very serious about witchery and hanged anyone who seemed to be with the devil. The crucible is about a young girl named abigail williams who caused the deaths of many puritans by lying and accusing many different people of witchcraft Abigail Williams is a victim of Puritan society, a victim of John Proctor, but was also a liar who manipulated others for her own benefit. On page ten here when reverend parris says”and what shall i say that to them?
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Examples Of Abigail In The Crucible
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In the Crucible there are many heinous characters, but for me the most despicable is Abigail. The two reasons that I find her to be the most despicable is because she somehow got all her friends to perform satanic rituals with her in the forest, and also the fact that she and her friends all lied about it, which put many innocent people in jeopardy. In the beginning of the book, Parris sees a large group of girls dancing in the forest naked. As he was approaching the girls to see what was going on, all the girls ran away screaming, leaving behind a pot with a ladel and a frog in it.
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Examples Of Abigail Williams In The Crucible
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The play The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller uses an excessive amount of stage directions to establish the character of Abigail Williams. At the beginning of Act 1 when Abigail first enters, Abigail is described as a “strikingly beautiful girl with an endless capacity for dissembling.” Miller immediately established Abigail as a dishonest person because she is willing to lie to save her name in Salem. Another example, of Miller’s use of stage direction is when Parris and Abigail are arguing about her being discharged from Goody Proctor's service, Abigail spoke to Parris “with ill-concealed resentment.” The way Abigail spoke Parris shows that Abigail is short tempered and has a bitter personality.
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Hook: Lustful wretchedness consumed a young sinful girl, putting her in a state of delusion. This girl’s actions contributed to a mass hysteria that only she could have put a stop to. Exposition: The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller, is an analogy highlighting the mass hysteria of the Salem Witch Trials and the Red Scare. Thesis: The character, Abigail Williams, not only contributed to this madness but also had the ability to extinguish the hysteria but chose to feed into the idea of her being the person John Proctor would end up with. She vividly displayed signs of manipulation, menacingly actions, and conditions of derangement.
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What would you do if you were accused of witchcraft by someone who was just trying to get back at you? In Salem, Massachusetts in 1692 women were being accused of being witches and more than half of them were innocent. Arthur Miller tells about how the town fell apart after hearing the word “witch” and people lying. The whole story goes downhill because lies just keep piling up on each other. Abigail Williams and John Proctor are two big characters that lie throughout the whole play.
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Gross corruption is when somebody is willing to procure anything out of greed or selfishness to gain money and power. One of many examples from “The Crucible” is Abigail Williams, Reverend Parris’s niece, she wants to be with John Proctor, but she is willing to anything to get rid of his wife, Elizabeth Proctor. Out of envy, Abigail accused Elizabeth of witchcraft, knowing that Goody Proctor would be executed. Envy is one of the toxins in our society today, and my assumption to get rid of envy is to praise each other, and be more grateful for what we possessed. Instead of bring another person down, bring yourself up, and work harder.
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Abigail is vengeful, selfish, manipulative, and overall a magnificent liar. Arthur Miller’s The Crucible American play from the 1990s reveals how hysteria supplants logic and enables people to believe false claims. In The Crucible mass hysteria is shown to allow the people of Salem to believe that their neighbors who they considered outstanding people are now committing absurd and unbelievable acts. I believe that Abigail Williams could have ended the mass hysteria in Salem by coming forward and telling the truth about what happened in the woods with the other girls, not accusing innocent people of witchcraft, and admitting to pretending she was bewitched.
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“Vengeance is walking Salem.” (John Proctor, Pg. 77) John Proctor was correct when he said that. The people of Salem abused the law forbidding the practice of witch craft. For example, Abigail Williams made an allegation against John Proctor’s wife, Elizabeth because she fired her as their servant and John ended their affair.
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Metamorphosis In prominent works of literature, there is always one character or a handful that cling to minds of readers. This could be due to the characters’ heroic deeds that are deeply admirable. On the other extreme, characters can encapsulate all we despise, making it a challenge to not link the story as a whole to the actions of one character in our minds. One such example of this extreme is Abigail Williams, easily the most despicable and vile character of The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller.
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What Does Hale Learn In The Crucible
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Once the opportunity arises where Abigail can have some say in the town of Salem, she quickly seizes it. As she starts to spread rumors and gain power, she even begins to believe her own lie. She tries to make John Proctor understand how she is doing the greater good for the village: “I am but God’s finger, John” (Hytner). Abigail thinks that she is doing what God wants. When people go against her, they go against God.
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The word Courageous can be used in a few different ways, but the way Abigail Williams uses it someone might not think at first it’s very bold or brave. But to get what she wanted she’d go to a pretty, far, extent to get what she wanted. This was to get John Proctor’s wife out of the way so she could replace her as well as get any dirt off of her name. Abigail has been working to get what she wants and her desire to get with John Proctor is what she wants, “I have been near to. murdered every day because I done my duty have pointing out the Devil’s people” (Miller 111).
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A tragic time in American history was the Salem witch trials of 1962, which took place in Salem, Massachusetts. Many innocent people were wrongfully convicted of witchcraft at this time and executed as a result. Abigail Williams, a young lady who played a crucial role in the events in Arthur Miller's play "The Crucible," was one of the main perpetrators of these false allegations. Abigail is shown in "The Crucible" as a manipulative and bitter character who will do anything to further her agenda. She is driven by jealousy and a desire for revenge against those who have wronged her.
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Abigail Williams Influence In The Crucible
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Abigail Williams’ Influence Is it okay for a person to lie and hurt other people just to keep him or herself safe? In Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible, Abigail Williams lies, a lot, to keep herself safe. Throughout the story, many people are accused of witchcraft. When a person is accused of witchcraft, it is very easy for them to get out of the accusation if they lie. The lies that are told shifts the belief of who knows witchcraft, and Abigail Williams uses those lies to gain influence over other people.
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Examples Of Abigail Williams In The Crucible
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Abigail is willing to accuse any one in her path of witchcraft even if it means taking the lives of those close to her. Abigail Williams’ emotional desire guides her actions even if it conflicts with morality. Abigail williams is driven to do unthinkable things because of her love for John Proctor. Abigail works in the Proctor’s home and while doing so she finds herself attracted to John. Abigail’s obsession with Proctor leads them to have an affair, which they try to keep
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Compare And Contrast Abigail Williams In The Crucible
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Abigail 's heartless attitude is shown in act two when she frames and accuses Elizabeth Proctor for witchcraft. She desired and longed for this revenge on poor Proctors innocent wife, aiming for her through out the play. Later on in Act Three she seems to lose her last attachment of society by destroying John Proctor, who she claims to love with all her heart. When John attempts and threatens to expose Abigail’s wrong doings, she skillfully manages to turn the whole problem around on him, sending him off
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