Abigail Williams Character Analysis

She tried to accuse Tituba of forcing her to dance in the forest and sell herself to the devil. In Act I Scene VI, Abigail is talking to Reverend Hale when she says,“I never sold myself! I’m a good girl! I’m a proper girl!” In this scene, Abigail is denying that she has had any contact with the devil. She says that Tituba has forced her to sell herself to the devil and drink blood. She is showing that she is a coward by telling lies about Tituba and trying to save herself from punishment. By the end of the play, she had accused many innocent people of witchcraft in Salem, and eventually ran away with Mercy Lewis and some money that she stole. She didn’t want to get caught after sentencing many people to their death including John Proctor. Abigail Williams was a coward because she lied about Tituba and ran away after killing

Abigail Williams is to be considered a strikingly beautiful young woman. She was the cause of the whole madness of witch-craft by her immaturity because Abigail and with the rest of her friends went out into the woods while having Tituba conjure spirits so the girls could get guys to fall in love with them. Once they were caught by Reverend Parris (which is Abigail's uncle) instead of confessing the truth on what they were doing and owning up to it, Abigail decides to blame Tituba. She blames her for making the girls go into the woods to conjure spirits and help the devil. When John Proctor hears about this though, she quickly tells him in private that its nothing but lie. She wants John Proctor to see her as a women but when she cannot even own

“The most memorable characters in fiction are not people most of us would choose as our friends” (Allen 1). Readers find it intriguing to learn about a character that lacks predictability: they could do no wrong in one scene, then turn around and become a backstabbing liar in the next. The same characteristics that would not make the best of friends. Irregularity makes a character and the story, for that matter, interesting. Abigail Williams from The Crucible develops into a character that readers love to hate. Her anger, her cunning, her passion, every twist and turn she brings throughout the play brings fascination with it. She would not be an especially remarkable candidate for a best friend, however, but it perusers find it extremely easy to remember her. Abigail exhibits memorability not because of the qualities that prove a good friend, but because of her intransigence, her passion, her accusatory behavior, and her manipulation.

Adultery. Abigail Williams is the young niece of Salem's Minister, Reverend Parris, she also was once John Proctor's housemaid until his wife, Elizabeth, put her out because of the affair. Abigial was just a young girl, she felt as if her feelings for John Proctor were ‘true love’, this drove her to do some of the most unspeakable things. She was seeking vengeance on Elizabeth since she put her out on the street, “blackened her name throughout the town” and she had the man she loved. Abigail's best way of getting things done was through manipulation, which she was best at. She voluntarily used witchcraft to ‘curse’ Elizabeth and yet turned witchcraft accusations against everyone of Salem. “I will come to you in the black of the night and will bring a pointy reckoning that will shudder you”(19), is one threat Abigail used to keep the girls mouth shut. She was a power hungry girl who did anything to keep the power for her own selfish gains. When she realized she was losing her power she claims “I have been near to murdered every day because I done my duty pointing out the Devil’s people- and this is my reward? To be mistrusted, denied, question like a -”(100) this was her way out of the truth. This shows Abigail's true

Many characters in The Crucible have flaws that have lead them to make bad actions. One of these characters is the main character of the play, Abigail Williams. She was in love with a married man, and accused innocent people of witchcraft. Abigail had many great characteristics, like her fortitude and confidence in herself, but she also had horrible qualities that possibly could've made her someone to be aware of in the Salem Village. Her flaws led her to make terrible choices. She cheated, stole, and put the blame on everybody but her own self. Abigail’s flaws of jealousy, selfishness, and cruelty have led to her ultimate downfall of making bad decisions, that she may regret later on.

Abigail Williams in Act I along with many other girls, Tituba being the leader of the event, were caught out in the woods dancing around a cauldron with a frog in it. Reverend Parris testified in court that this is indeed what he saw in the woods. Tituba was charged with witchcraft with the intent to summon spirits. Later in this Act John comes to see what is wrong with betty, and he tries to comfort Abigail who says that she is just acting ill or possessed by evil spirits. While this conversation between the two continues, it becomes clear that they have had sexual relations in the past while abigail still worked at the Proctor residence, better stated an affair. Reverend Hale who is a famed which expert from a town over arrives and suddenly Abigail changes her story to suggest that Tituba did indeed try to call upon the devil. Tituba shocked by this accusation, vigorously denies it. Later in the Act Tituba ( now pretending to accept god again even though didn’t ever denied him) and Abigail begin accusing random women in the village of witchcraft. In Act II Elizabeth Proctor receives a poppet from Mary Warren. Later

The death of John Proctor wasn’t caused by just one person. John Proctor was the victim of three. The three were: Mary Warren, Abigail Williams, and the Puritan town of Salem. First, Mary Warren is responsible for John Proctor's death.

Throughout the year we have read about a varied amount of characters who have had many different personalities. There have been heroes like Frederick Douglass who has helped make the United States into a better place. Also we have had many villains like Abigail Williams who is a deceptive and vengeance-seeking person. Lastly we have the victim, Desdemona who is sweet and innocent, but not in the eyes of her lover. All of these people have big roles in each of the readings we have looked at.

Abigail would do anything to protect herself she intensively lies so she would not get in trouble and also she falsely accuses other people to save herself. Abigail saw the Proctor’s servant Marry Warren making the poppet and mart put a needle into the doll and Abigail used that as an accusation for her and that’s how she claimed that Elizabeth soul did it so she lied and falsely accused her. John Proctor force Marry Warren to tell the truth for the lies Abigail and she did. Abigail then began to accuse Mary of her being a witch. “But God made my face; you cannot want to tear my face. Envy is a deadly sin, Mary”(115). Abigail wanted protect herself she feared for her life even when John Proctor was sentenced to be hung for being accused of doing witchcraft. Even though Abigail loved John she would not sacrifice her own life for John. Abigail has Tituba cast a spell on Elizabeth in order to avoid being caught she lies about seeing all these people with the devil. She also lies in court by pretending to see thing things that aren’t even there in hope to get others “Why do you come, yellow bird”(114). She doesn’t even see any bird. No one even sees the bird except her. Proctor knows she is lying and she is to protect herself. Abigail shows tremendous mendacity throughout the

“Uncle, we did dance; let you tell them I confessed-and I’ll be whipped if I must be. But there speakin’ of witch craft.” Could you imagine being accused of witchcraft just for being out in the woods, dancing around a fire with some friends? From Abigail Williams motives, the choices she make, along with the consequences that are put in to place that has caused this chaos, to the person Abigail has become by the end of the play. The Crucible by Arthur Miller, is an emotional rollercoaster.

Abigail Williams wanted what was best for her. She did not care of others. Due to Abigail’s actions a whole conflict outbursts in Salem, Massachusetts. The girls have been caught in the woods dancing and even naked. They have been caught and accused of doing witchcraft. Betty is then “very ill” and they believe she is going to die. Betty awakes. Abigail threatens the girls to stay quiet. “You did. You did! You drank a charm to kill John Proctor’s wife! You drank a charm to kill Goody Proctor!” (Miller 18). This shows that Abigail Williams was a villain because she was hoping for the death of a person in order to get what she desired. Abigail and the girls were caught doing witchcraft. Abigail comes up with a different story to tell. “Now look you. We danced. And Tituba conjured Ruth Putnam’s dead sisters. And that is all. And mark this. Let either of you breathe a word, or the edge of a word, about the other things, and I will come to you in the back of shudder

Abigail Williams only cares for the wellbeing of herself. In act 1 of the crucible Abigail lies about what happened in the woods. She threatens the other girls, if they told about what happened in the woods, she would “come to you in the black of some terrible night and will bring a pointy reckoning that will shudder you”. Which then leads to the other girls accusing others of witchcraft to take attention off of themselves. Abigail continues to act selfish by pursuing John Proctor even though he is married. Her accusing Elizabeth of stabbing her in the stomach was selfish, because she did it to get Elizabeth out of the way so she could have John to herself. In addition to all of her other selfish acts, she leads the

When Abigail Williams and John Proctor are together in the woods she says this to him, “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. I saw you face when she put me out, and you loved me then and you love me now!” (1.423-428). They might argue that Abigail is in love with John Proctor, who she works for, and Elizabeth Proctor kicked her out because she thought she was losing John as her husband. John had an affair with Abigail and let her believe he loved her and they were going to be together. She was hurt when Elizabeth kicked her out and John stayed with his wife. The opposing side is wrong because Abigail lies about their relations and gets a lot of innocent people in trouble and killed. She blames others to protect herself from hanging and being a disgrace to the town. Abigail repeatedly claims spirits of people in Salem are haunting her and they are conjuring with the devil when she is the one who drank the blood and danced to conjure the spirits. Ezekiel Cheever states this about Abigail to the Proctor’s, “...And he goes to save her, and, stuck two inches in the flesh of her belly, he draw a needle out. And demandin’ of her how she come to be so stabbed, she (to Proctor now) testify it were your wife’s familiar spirit pushed it in.”

Salem, Massachusetts found itself in deep despair when many people were slaughtered for being guilty of witchcraft. The tale, The Crucible, depicts the intense nature of the Salem witch trials. Due to misjudgment and deranged accusations, people’s lives were constantly at risk. In the story, there were multiple people in the village responsible for the witch trials, but there is one who is accountable, Abigail Williams. She displays sinful actions throughout the play, making her an enemy in the town.

In The Crucible some of the people in the town of Salem committed a sin by lying about their actions to avoid getting into trouble. Abigail Williams in one of those people who committed that sin. She lied that Tituba had forced her to drink chickens blood and to conjure spirits. In reality Tituba actually didn’t force her to drink the blood and conjure spirits it was all on her own free will. Abigail did this so she would not get whipped or even worse, hanged for being a participant in witchcraft. Also, is she was discovered doing witchcraft than the truth will be revealed about her relationship with John Proctor. Overall, Abigail Williams lied about her activities of witchcraft just like some of the people did in the town of Salem.