Abigail Williams is a Calamity, Known as a wonderful young lady In the village, Abigail is also in love with John Proctor and in this story nobody is as they appear to be. Abigail is a great example of that. Let me tell you more about Abigail Williams.
Abigail Williams would be known as a educated middle class person because she was living with Parris the priest he is constantly scared that someone is trying to ruin him, Abigail was also known as a good young woman except for the fact that everyone doesn 't know that she is a lying to the whole community.Abigail Williams was 18 years old and was also single even though she had an affair with John Proctor “Aye, Sir, she knew her for a harlot”(Applebee et al.221). Abigail also wanted to run
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Because if she wanted someone to hang she would make them hang. Abigail didn 't want to get into trouble so she took advantage witch made her Immaculate. This shows that Abigail is a Calamity.
Now remember towards the beginning Abigail didn 't want this to happen she was Contentious with her uncle because she didn 't like the sound of people crying witch craft.but because Betty wouldn 't wake up and because her uncle didn 't do anything the trials went on and then Hale came to town and Hale was a Fanatic, Effrontery person just like Abigail of witchcraft,because as the trials went on she figured out that she had a lot of power so she could use this to have John Proctor she made it vary clear when Abigail put a bounty on elizabeth 's life.
To me the hole moral of the story is that during the trials people used this as an opportunity to get what they want like Abigail was John Proctor,Putnam was land,Judge Danforth just liked to see people hang Indignant. because he didn 't like or care about anything. Judge Danforth also makes it clear that anyone other than the girls is Unintelligible because the girls were the Plaintiff was he played
Brianna Martinez Mar 22, 2023 Ms. Ebner Block 3 Was Abigail Williams really the villain? The Salem witch trials were a dark stain on America’s past with dark people at the root of it. Many women and a few men were murdered due to baseless accusations of witchcraft.
Abigail uses the fact that every person shes accused has been a witch to secure her position as a trust worth witness in court. As seen when the suspension is raised to her, Abigail says, “I have been hurt, Mr. Danforth; I see my blood running out! I have been near to murdered every day because I have done my duty pointing out the Devil’s people -- and this is my reward? To be mistrusted, denied, questioned like a --” (113). She uses the fact that there is a perceived danger in callout witches as one can try to kill her because they feel threated or that she 's been hurt by witchcraft when it was just self-inflicted wounds.
but in reality she was caught attempting to cast a spell on Elizabeth. The reason for her trying to cast a spell is because Abigail falls in love with John Proctor but he is married to Elizabeth but that doesn’t bother Abigail.
The author made Abigail Williams a villainess character as she caused lots of trouble, she controlled others, and she accused others of witchcraft. Abigail Williams was a character that caused lots of problems, she made others lives worse and took advantage of the power she had. Abigail's actions lead to many troubles and problems for others because of her control and power. She was a main character that accused lots of people including Elizabeth after she found out about the affair. Abigail Williams was a character that troubled everybody else because of her power and authority.
She was a savage, angry teenager who everyone thought was an angel. According to Shmoop, “Abigail flirts with John Proctor. She tries to get him to admit that he still wants her and expresses anger toward his wife for “blackening” her name in the village.” As we can see, Abigail Williams wasn't the kindest person out there.
Abigail wanted to get her vengeance on Elizabeth Proctor for firing her as a maid. John Proctor screamed in rage at Judge Danforth, “She thinks to dance with me on my wife’s grave!... But it is a whore’s vengeance, and you must see it…”(3.863-8). Abigail wanted to kill or blame Elizabeth for witchcraft to get her vengeance. She may have wanted vengeance, but that did not happen as much as scapegoating like when Abigail scapegoated Tituba.
Abigail Williams is not your typical teenage girl. She is a girl that will drink blood to kill someone, accuse people of witchcraft, and have a affair. By looking at The Crucible, one can see that Abigail Williams develops the theme of reputation, which is important because people who fear losing their reputation spread hysteria. Protecting her reputation motivates Abigail Williams to accuse others of being a witch.
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
The story is based on a secret love affair between two main characters, Abigail Williams, who is seventeen years old, and John Proctor, who is thirty-five. This love affair ignites a variety of arguments and hatred between, John, his wife Elisabeth, Abigail and her family, and the entire town of Salem. It started when Abigail and her friends accused the other townspeople of witchcraft. During
A dynamic character like Abigail has lied before in the past and now has experiences something more sinister which is unique for a character in the story and makes the plot better with Abigail’s wickedness. Through the Trials of the Salem, the story will always have a person that will stand out when it is mentioned, and Abigail Williams takes the cake of being the most horrific, yet a great character in the story because it isn’t The Crucible without Abigail as being the antagonist and the tension builder. The Village will never forgive of what she did to all the innocent women she has killed. Abigail has shown that she is a very Dynamic character from her emotions, to her actions, and to her experiences she has made in
As Abigail affiliated herself with god’s will, she gained power over society. Her low status and perceived innocence under normal circumstances allowed her to claim even greater power in her
In the play Abigail only cares about herself and what she can do to protect herself. When the girls talk in Betty’s room and Mary shows weakness and wants to tell everyone about what they did in the forest, Abigail gets really angry. She threatens the girls and is not afraid to show what she is willing to do. “Now look you. All of you.
In an Abigail Adams letter to her son John Quincy, she portrayed to him the extreme importance of challenging himself and making the most of his opportunities. Adams exemplifies her expectations of her son through rhetorical devices, strategies, juxtaposition and other potentially persuasive comparisons as John Quincy travels abroad to France with his father. A few of the specific strategies she uses are making connections to prosperous people such as Cicero and her husband John Adams. To establish her expectations between the successes of cicero and her hopes of John Quincy’s successes she asks a rhetorical question, “would Cicero have shone so distinguished an orator if he had not been roused, kindled, and enflamed…”
Abigail Williams is the catalyst to the witch hunt and is relentless in her plans to have Elizabeth Proctor killed, destroying the lives of many just because in her head that would mean John will want to be with her. She is obsessive and seems to lack
Abigail Williams, the main antagonist of the play, uses her sharp wit and manipulative personality in order to gain power through causing hysteria and chaos in a restrictive 17th century Salem environment. The attention Abigail draws to herself through the accusations made in the witch trials generate a great source of power for her, when Abigail and John Proctor, of whom previously had an affair have a conversation regarding the witch trials she says, “I have a sense for heat, John, and yours has drawn me to my window, and I have seen you looking up, burning in your loneliness. Do you tell me you’ve never looked up at my window?”(Miller 21). Through her relationship with John Proctor, Abigail gains power due to the fact that they share a mutual liking for each other and John is married to