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Examples Of Abigail Williams In The Crucible

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One of the most powerful human emotions is desire. Everyone is constantly trying to fulfill their own desires. A desire or passion may be so strong it can conflict with morality. In The Crucible by Arthur Miller, Abigail Williams, is driven to go against her moral duty and pursue John Proctor. She will stop at nothing to see her plan through. 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 …show more content…

Abigail believed that Proctor actually loved her and she waited every night for him. She was brainwashed to think he would leave his wife for her. The witchcraft accusation came from the beginning of the story when Abigail and the girls were dancing naked in the woods and chanting. She made false accusations that people in the village were worshipping the devil to cover what she had done. Many lives were taken but Abigail had no empathy for anyone who was hanged. Proctor realized the truth behind everything and decided it was time to come forward and tell Danforth, “She thinks to dance with me on my wife's grave! And well she might, for I thought of her softly. God help me, I lusted, and there is a promise in such sweat. But it is a whore's vengeance, and you must see it now” (Miller ). John tries to reveal who Abigail really is but it does not help the lives of those who are to be hanged. Abigail uses her own personal desires to get to what she wants even though many people died in the

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In The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, indirect characterization takes place throughout the play. Indirect characterization is where one’s speech, appearance, or actions show their true self, rather than verbally being said. Many characters take on this in the play, but one particular character of note, is Abigail Williams. Abigail Williams gives off that she’s innocent and non guilty of incidents that have occurred, but in reality, she’s scared of potential consequences because she is responsible for the Salem Witch Trials.

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Also, pleads innocent to the fact of not knowing that he led Abigail on in any way but as one time lovers, and then she became so obsessed to the point of causing innocent people to die for her undying love. After the final people were questioned, a recess was called for both sides to prepare its closing statements of the trial. The prosecution came out firing by questioning the

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As we witness the play unfold, we are able to see Abigail’s true character, and though she tries to conceal her true personality, the reader is able to identify it through her actions and most interestingly her beliefs. Abigail Williams varies far from traditional Puritan society. Instead of abiding by the general rules of Puritans, Abigail decides that she is above the laws. This fact becomes evident when she pursues, then successfully seduces John Proctor, and when she

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Abigail Williams was taken away from John Proctor by his wife, Elizabeth Proctor. Abigail then only wishes to be back with John and she fights for him. Her way of getting him back is to put Elizabeth in jail due to “stabbing” Abigail in the stomach with a voodoo doll. Proctor shows the court what type of girl Abigail really is when he calls out, “I have known her, sir. I have known her.

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She is accused of witchcraft, and naturally Abigail tries to take the blame off of herself. But she goes a bit too far. Abigail starts accusing everyone, but one person she is particularly interested in is Elizabeth Proctor. Since Abigail and John Proctor

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In Arthur Miller’s play, The Crucible (1952), there are many examples of aspects of the Salem witch trials repeating themselves today. One example in specific was the similarity between President Trump banning seven countries, mainly Muslims countries, and Abigail Williams accusing people she does not like of being witches, they both abuse the power they are given and when doing so it negatively affects others. Trump judges people based on their religion and the color of their skin by the banning seven countries from entering the U.S. because he thought they are terrorists. He abuses his power, by unfairly judging people and trying to keep them out of the country. Likewise, Abigail misuses her power when she accuses innocent people of being

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Abigail Williams was a troubled teen due to her parent’s death. After her parent’s death, she loo discovers them, she attempts to show her behavior because it will reveal her affair with Proctor if she confesses to casting a spell on Elizabeth Proctor. Abigail lies to hide the affair, and to prevent charges of witchcraft. Being more psychotic, she tried to kills Elizabeth to be with John. Abigail gets extremely upset when Elizabeth fired her from the Proctor home.

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Throughout the play, Elizabeth Proctor and Abigail Williams show their true personalities through their actions. Elizabeth Proctor is known to be very loyal to her relationship with John Proctor. After finding out Proctor had had an affair with Abigail she was still committed to rebuilding and regaining trust in their marriage. “I

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During reign of Joseph Stalin, many citizens were cruelly executed without proof of their crimes. These cruel acts showed the negative probity of the Soviet Union. Similarly, act of cruelty throughout twentieth century American literature also illustrate acts of cruelty and how they render a character’s morals. Throughout American literature, characters have made cruel decisions that reflect upon their personality and rectitude.

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The Salem witch trials in Massachusetts during the late 17th centuries was a time period where people were hunted since they were accused of witchcraft. A famous novel named The Crucible was written by Arthur Miller, who was able to portray the events of the Salem witch trials. He explained to us that characters have hidden motives for their actions rather than anything having to do with witchcraft. The men and women in Salem like Abigail Williams, Reverend Parris, and John Proctor are stained puritans that are consumed by their greed, envy, and lust. Abigail Williams, a seventeen year old, is accused of witchcraft after being caught in the forest naked while attempting some devilish ritual.

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(I.465-472). Seeing Abigail cry, it suggests that Abigail’s affair with John Proctor has influenced her behavior in jealousy and lust as she strives for nothing more than her love for John Proctor. By only being heartbroken, Abigail is not to be fully blamed for the hysteria within the town as her actions are only based on desperate attempts to win John Proctor over, and no intentional harm whatsoever. However, on the other hand, Abigail cannot be excused with outside forces making her the way she is due to the fact that she has clearly had a choice in most of her decisions and actions throughout the witchcraft crisis. When Mary Warren, another girl involved in the forest incident, enters the court, she explains to Danforth, the judge, that the girls are lying and are only pretending to see spirits.

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Abigail does all this for the man that she loves and had an affair with, John Proctor. If the reader begins to focus on John, his actions and what he stands for, they are easily able to recognize he portrays characteristics of the flawed nature of an individual. It is shown through the fact that he had an affair, isn’t able to forgive himself, and at the end of the book, is unable to give up something dear to him to save himself and others. When analyzing John Proctor, the first thing that stands out is that he had an affair with a 17 year-old Abigail Williams. Proctor has a wife who loves him and three children but still decides to stray from his family and fancies someone else.

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What are you willing to do for something you really desire? In The Crucible, Abigail Williams will do just about anything in order to have John Proctor. Abigail causes a lot of trouble throughout the entire story by telling lies, manipulating the other people in Salem, and also getting revenge on John’s wife Elizabeth Proctor. At first, Abigail seems like a nice young orphan, but she then reveals her selfish side as the story progresses. Abigail displays her other side when she says that Elizabeth is “blackening my name in the village!

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Elizabeth Proctor, John Proctor’s wife, lied about whether she knew about the affair or not. Which caused John to look guilty, and in the end him dying. John Proctor kept the fact that he wasn 't involved with the witchcraft but was involved with Abigail undercover, too. With only a few words, John Proctor could have given Abigail and all of her

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After a very tragic childhood which included witnessing her parents murder, Abigail Williams went to live with her uncle who was a very strict Puritan Minister. Abigail fell in love with a married man named John Proctor. Although they did have an affair together, John did not love Abigail the way she loved him. This was the main contributing factor to the bitter evil person she became. She accused innocent people of being involved in witchcraft.

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