The Role Of Abigail's Lies In The Crucible

How far can lying really go? The Crucible, which is a play written by Arthur Miller is based on the story of the Salem Witch Trials. This play takes place in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. Abigail was definitely responsible for all the bad things that happened, she was very manipulative, evil, and jealous. She started telling little lies at first and then she realized she could get away with telling big lies so she continued. Abigail threatened the other girls not to tell, so they went along with all her lies. Her lies caused multiple people to be accused of witchcraft and get killed. People were so scared of being accused and were careful of everything they did. A group of girl were caught dancing in the woods with a slave from Barbados named Tituba. They were caught by one of the girls father, Rev. Parris. Betty was his daughter and Abigail was his niece. Abigail was one of the main characters in this play because of how she used her manipulative ways.

‘’Listen now; if they come up questioning us, tell them we danced-i told him as much already.’’ Abigail lied and told her uncle that they were only dancing, so she told the other girls to say that if they ask. ‘’Betty, you never say that again! You will never-. ‘’She is trying to control Betty because when she woke up she said you drank blood, Abby! You didn’t tell him that! ‘’Now look you. All of you. We danced. And Tituba conjured Ruth Putnam's dead sisters.‘’ Abigail is upstairs talking to the girls and making sure they know the story, she is lying and she doesn’t want them to tell what actually happened. Abigail, made sure the girls knew what she said. She is being controlling by making sure the girls don’t tell and she is making up what happened by