Within The Crucible written by Arthur Miller, the people of Salem were going through a period of mass hysteria in which innocent people were accused of being witches by a group of girls. John Proctor, a farmer who tries to expose the girls, is to blame for the Salem Witch trials. Not only does he lead Abigail Williams on and makes her think it was acceptable to defy Puritan belief, he also holds a greater value for his reputation since he kept quiet when Abigail confessed to him that the girls were only faking. When John Proctor visits the Salem town,news of Betty Parris spread throughout the town of Salem, as well as news of Ruth Putnam, and the people of Salem turned to witchcraft as the cause. John Proctor met up with Abigail and she believed …show more content…
As a Puritan, lechery is a punishable crime as well as a definite way to destroy someone’s reputation. Since Abigail is young, she fell under the illusion that she was in love and that he loved her, which was not the case. Abigail became furious with John’s wife, Elizabeth, who fired her. Abigail made it known that she believes John shares her feelings, especially when she, “saw your face when she put me out, and you loved me then and you do now!” (Miller, 22). After their one night of love, in Abigail’s eyes, John has and always will have feelings for Abigail. She wants to be loved and when Proctor gave her that, she wanted more, which is why Abigail was infuriated when she was fired by Goody Proctor. Instead of owning up to his mistakes and exposing the girls for what they are really doing, John stayed quiet about Abigail’s confession for fear that his reputation would be damaged because of his act of lechery until it was too late. Although near the end, John tried to stop the accusations, in the beginning before it got out of hand, he refuses to get involved with anything going on with the witch
Abigail Williams In the movie Thor, Thor’s brother, Loki, nearly destroys Asgard, their home, and all who live there. Jealousy defined the relationship between Thor and Loki, because of this, he contacts the frost giants giving them directions to a possession that Asgard had taken from them years earlier. When the frost giants attempt to steal the object, Thor becomes angered.
“... I will come to you in the dark of some terrible night and I will bring a pointy reckoning that will shudder you.” this quote was said by Abigail Williams a character from the Crucible. She said this to threaten the girls not to tell about her drinking blood. Abigail Williams is a seventeen year old girl who had an affair with john proctor a farmer. She also drank blood to kill his wife and did it while dancing in the woods. After getting caught dancing she blamed it on witchcraft and became a saint by accusing people of witchcraft. Abigail williams and I both share traits about our personalities like our spitefulness towards people, cunning with our words, and selfishness for what we want and have. The first trait
As the leader of the party, they had enormous amount of control over people and the decision they made. Adolf convinced that world would be a better place to live if all the Jewish people would be killed. Soldiers of Adolf Hitler were torturing and Jewish. The Crucible had the similar situation where Abigail Williams convinced the village that people were practising witchcraft. Trial was conducted to check if people were actually calling witches. After a while Abigail found that she has power in her hands while she was naming people. Though Abigail was a child, everyone listened to her and believed what she was telling. Influence of Abigail was greatest in children. Both Abigail and Adolf Hitler have same characteristics that enable them to
The movie rendition of the four-act play The Crucible begins with a girl lying in bed frozen. The town fears that witchcraft is to blame. The town doesn’t know but the girl is alive and awake and is only faking it all. A group of girls in Salem, Massachusetts make false accusations of witchcraft because of Abigail Williams. She convinces all the girls to lie to the court and to claim to have seen the Devil so that Abigail can have what she wants. She wants John Proctor, a married man with whom she had an affair with. Abigail’s accusations of witchcraft towards John’s wife Elizabeth are the focus of the story. When Abigail’s selfishness does too much harm she flees leaving John and Elizabeth in prison awaiting death. John Proctor must decide
A crucible is a severe test or trial. This definition relates to the play The Crucible, by Arthur Miller because the play is about an unfair trial against characters who were guilty until proven innocent. This play takes place in the small village of Salem, Massachusetts. In the 1950s, Joseph McCarthy accused workers in the government for being a communist, also known as the “Red Scare”. During this time, companies would do background checks on their employees to make sure they were not working undercover.
I was told to assume that you’re an adolescent or an adult who has read The Crucible. Knowing this allows me to also assume that you think Abigail Williams is as evil as Adolf Hitler. Well I’m here to tell you that you couldn’t be more incorrect. While her lies led to several hangings, it would be unfair to say it was all just because she was “evil”. She is a product of how she the environment she was raised in, a victim of a tragedy, and influenced by outside forces.
Abigail Williams from The Crucible is more despicable than Mayella Ewell from To Kill a Mockingbird because of her malicious intent, proper upbringing, and the severity of the consequences of her actions.
The 1957 Salem Massachusetts, many innocent, good-standing citizens were being accused of witchcraft. In the play, The Crucible, the witch trials result in many people accused, imprisoned, and hanged. Many of these people are not witches, but are found guilty without any actual proof. If they admit to guilt they will be jailed, but if they don’t they will be hanged. Throughout the play, Abigail Williams accuses many of these innocent people of witchcraft.
Stealing, cheating, lying, accusations, and executions are just some of the events going on in Salem in the spring of 1692. The population of Salem, Massachusetts is filled with heavily religious citizens that encourage church services and frown upon individuality, free speech, and witch trials. Officials in Salem try to keep constant on eye on those not following the Puritan values to keep their town pure. Abigail Williams is a prominent and interesting character in The Crucible by Arthur Miller, causing everybody to be aware with her constant misconduct. Throughout the duration of the play, many dynamic characters change their opinions, relationships, and actions; however, Abigail Williams is a static character that has a persistent devious,
In the first Act, readers learn of the turbulent and secret relationship between Abigail and John Proctor and the eventual fallout that extends through the entire play. Abigail and John had an affair, but when the affair is over John refuses to have any sort of relationship with her. Abigail is angry and vengeful against John Proctor, and enlists other girls into her plans of ruining not only Proctor but his wife as well. It can be understood that the events of the witch trials may have never occurred if Abigail had no reason to
Arthur Miller’s famous 1952 court room drama ‘The Crucible’, based on the 1692 Salem Tragedy, explores the hysteria, strong theocracy and the importance of reputation in the town Salem. Many characters in ‘The Crucible’ generate empathy, but many do not. Sympathy does form for Abigail Williams the most, despite the fact she is seen as the play’s “evil villain”. Other characters however, also evoke condolence and concern like the honourable hero of the play, John Proctor and Giles Corey.
Think about if you were a character in the crucible, who would you consider the worst most despicable person in the play? Abigail Williams is one of the main characters and is also the worst possible character throughout the entire play. She lies, betrays, and hurts everyone she encounters; thus making her a truly wicked person over the rest of the characters.
What Abigail did not see were the consequences that could come out of this forbidden love. With love in her mind, Abigail was not so aware of the consequences that could take place if people were to find out that she had an intimate night with Proctor. In order to keep this romance alive, Abigail started to lie and cover her tracks in order to prevent others from suspecting anything different about her. Abigail would try to keep this situation on the low down during the Salem Witch Trials because it was so easy for everyone to point fingers at each other. Since during these trials, everyone would be accusing each other over the simplest thing, and harsh consequences were being put in
“The Crucible” by Arthur Miller conveys the idea that Abigail William is a sociopath. She had no regard for those that may damage because of her operations. She uses other people to blame for her actions that causes sticks many people in harm’s way.
Most people who become easily drunk on power tend to get carried away with their ambitions and drives, which is exactly what happened to Abigail Williams in the Crucible. Abigail sets a precedent for a series of deaths in the town of Salem after she reports several women of witchcraft, beginning a series of accusations in an ongoing trial which she quickly takes charge of, but subsequently loses control over when the town proves to carry this beyond her control. For most of the play, Abigail is adroit in her mission to gain influence over the town and reclaim her lost romance with a local man, using her skills of manipulation and duplicity to build herself a reputation as a reliable soul, when in reality she's a cruel harlot searching for revenge. Because of Abigail’s flaws of selfishness, denial, and irreverence, her ultimate downfall is the loss of the control and power over the town that she’d gained from starting the trials accompanied with the consequence of losing her home because of this.