Abigail Williams In The Salem Witch Trials

Arthur Miller wrote The Crucible in 1953. Arthur Miller wrote it because of personal events and what was going on at the time. The play was based in 1693 Salem, Massachusetts during the Salem witch trials. In 1953 communists were treated very similar to how the witches were in 1693. In Arthur’s life he had been accused of communism and was fined and sentenced to 30 days in jail.

During the play in act one, Abigail Williams display many acts of jealousy towards Elizabeth Proctor. Abby convinces Tituba, the servant of Reverend Parris, to join her and others in the act of dabbling in witchcraft. Tituba is tricked into being the one to curse Elizabeth and Goody Proctor that would hopefully result in death. “BETTY: You did, you did! You drank a charm to kill John Proctor's wife! You drank a charm to kill Goody Proctor!” (Miller, 116). Trying to cover up the fact that she is in fact to blame for everything she pushes all the blame onto Tituba. Forced between life and death Tituba confesses to the sin of playing with witchcraft. Later on in act two, Abigail frames Elizabeth for witchcraft. “ABIGAIL, with a bitter anger: Oh, I marvel how such a strong man may let such a sickly wife be—PROCTOR, angered at himself as well: You'll speak nothin' of Elizabeth!” (Miller, 202-203) Although never hung, Elizabeth spends a year in jail till she gives birth to her child. Once the child is born,

In 1626 the town of Salem was first settled in by a company of fishermen. The town was not called Salem at first but was changed to Salem when they shifted leadership from one governor to a new one. Since the switch of leadership went so peacefully, they proceeded to change the name to Salem, which means “peace” in Hebrew. The town continued to flourish for many years after settlement. About 66 years later, the town of Salem, began to spiral downwards all because of a group of young girl accusing people of witchcraft. The Salem Witch Trials were set off by the socially unstable younger generation of the town of Salem. The Salem Witch Trials began in 1692 and ended at some point in 1693 with more than 200 people accused, with 20 people and two dogs executed and one person pressed to death (US History).

The time is between the early spring of 1692 and the winter of 1693, living in a new american colony, a very scary thing for the people. Twenty people were put to death, and over 200 were accused of being a witch or wizard. I believe this was an act of subconscious historia two young girls, AbigailWilliams and Elizabeth Parris were exhibiting strange behavior. Elizabeth’s father is the town's minister, his name is Samuel Parris. These girls exhibited, odd sounds, contouring their bodies, throwing objects and biting. When eventually taken to a doctor, (the only doctor in Salem) he diagnosed it as something supernatural or spiritual. The two girls accused three women, Tituba is one of them. Tituba was the slave for the two girls, her origins are unknown, but it is thought that she came from the Caribbean and has a daughter.

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“She made me do it! She made Betty do it!” (Page 40, Act One). In this part of the play, Abigail blames Tituba of bewitching the girls and compelling them to dance in the forest. Although that is not true, Abigail somehow gains the trust of the Domingo 2 court and assists them in determining who engaged in witchcraft.

In Act One Paris discovered Abby and several other girls dancing in the woods. When Paris confronted Abby about the incident, Abby denied everything. At that moment, Abigail had a chance to explain and confess to everything and no one else would have been punished for her actions; however, she decided to lie. Abigail pinned the blame on Tituba and other citizens of Salem; so she would not hang, Tituba was forced to confess to witchery. Even though Abigail went through horrible tragedies in her life it does not exempt her for what she had done to Salem.

The Salem Witch Trials started when a group of girls suddenly began to act odd, or somewhat strangely. According to History.com, when the doctor diagnosed the girls as bewitched, the girls accused a slave, by name of Tituba, and two other women of bewitching them. The entirety of Salem began to worry and that is when the accusations of many women being “witches” started. Although many women have been accused, there were also a few men and even two dogs that were accused of being witches! Many accused witches were outspoken women. The community mostly attacked women who were vulnerable or even considered morally weaker. Realistically, they feared women’s independence and even women themselves, so the colony and its leaders felt the need to attack

Scott 1 Kaytlynn Scott Professor Kade Parry English 2200 16 October 2014 Abigail Williams: A Seventeen Year Old in Turmoil Abigail is essentially the drive of the play. She is mostly responsible for many of the girls meeting with Tituba in the woods, and after they are discovered she tries to hide her behavior because it would bring attention to her affair with John Proctor. If she were to admit to casting the spell on Elizabeth Proctor, she would face severe punishment for adultery, witchcraft, and eventually, attempted murder.

In the play, “The Crucible” by Arthur Miller, the series of events take place in 1692 in Salem, Massachusetts. A black slave named Tituba, takes a group of girls in the forest to dance. A fire is lit and everyone is dancing and pretending to cast spells. Then all of a sudden, they are caught by the local minister, Reverend Parris. One of the girls of the group, Betty, falls into a coma-like state and everyone thinks that witchcraft has taken over Salem. John Proctor, a farmer with a good reputation hears this and pulls the ring leader, Abigail Williams, aside to talk some sense into her. Being that this is told in third person, we find out that Abigail was involved in an affair with John and when John's wife Elizabeth, found out she was fired.

This is the story of a girl who lived in a world of lies. Abigail Williams was 17 years old; she had very profound facial features such as, dark brown hair, deep brown eyes and a soul full of evil. Abigail was one of the main characters in the Salem Witch Trials as one of the prominent accusers. She lived with her uncle Rev. Parris, who also had a huge role within the Salem Trials. There are multiple reasons behind why Abigail is a horrible person, such as adultery, casting spells and attempted murder.

The Salem Witch Trials resulted from a desire to eradicate the imperfections in society. In the play, a chain reaction of false confessions and accusations can be traced back to Elizabeth Parris dancing in the woods with her friends and Tituba in the middle of the night. Because she is from Barbados she is a minority in Salem at the time and as a result, she is forced to take the blame for practicing “witchcraft”. The theme The Other is well represented when Abigail, in an attempt to redirect the attention from herself, says, “I did drink of the kettle! – [Tituba] made me do it!

The play starts with Tituba and a group of local girls being caught in the woods dancing and singing, while Abigail Williams drinks a charm to kill Elizabeth Proctor. Abigail being the ringleader of the girls, is questioned about the night’s events, and it’s affects on the girls who have fallen sick. When the girls finally speak about the incident, they accuse Tituba of guiding them towards the devil, so they could take the blame off of themselves. When Tituba is accused, Thomas Putnam asks her if she saw Sarah Good or Sarah Osburn with the devil when he came to her. Whether he knows it or not, his bias against these two women at the bottom of the village’s social class gives Tituba an opportunity to pass the blame to someone else. The girls let their opinions of other people persuade them to lie about spirits being sent out, and people flying to get rid of those they didn’t like. When the girls see that accusing people of witchcraft gets them out of trouble, they accuse nine other individuals, basically sending them to death to save themselves.

I believe the person at fault mostly for the trials is Abigail Williams, who's intentions from the start were never honesty. Of all the girls affiliated with the witchcraft trials, Abigail Williams purposefully faultily accused many citizens when she saw the impact of her confessions in the community. In court, she realized how easy it was to get away with her false confessions given after every one the courts were quick to interrogate that person and push them to confess. The amount of attention given to her by the townsmen made her feel powerful and gave her a sense of superiority when she realized the fear she struck into people. The rest of the girls' voices were hushed by Abigail's dominant personality and relentlessness to accuse multiple

The Salem Witch Trials were a series of prosecutions of people who were accused of acts of witchcraft or of being a witch in Salem, Massachusetts through the time period of February 1692 through May 1693. This was a dark time in history as more than 200 prosecutions took place and at least 20 people were killed. The accusations began as three girls Tituba, Sarah Good, and Sarah Osborne were accused of witchcraft from other young girls in the community. During this time period, fear of the Devil was common as people in Salem were very devoted to their religion and religious practices. As one of the accused girls, Tituba, confessed to working for the Devil and admitting to being a witch, this caused panic and hysteria as a massive witch hunt took place to find more of these witches. This confession was the main reason behind months and months of fear and mass panic as it triggered more accusations.