Abigail Williams: Small Friend Groups

Abigail Williams and Hester Prynne were two very different characters in books about the same Puritan religion. The two had many differences and even a few ways they were alike. Their views on society and their reaction on how they reacted to the way they were treated by the Puritans. Hester feared society and thought that it was something to be avoided, while Abigail long to be the center of attention. While Hester attracted further into herself as she was being judged for her adultery, Abigail resorted to lying to protect herself. Their natures could not have been more different, but they did have some things in common. They both wanted more power

The witch trials allowed for those whose reputation was lowly to elevate to a position of power and authority. Abigail Williams is the character who takes advantage of this. She is consumed with having a good reputation because for her to rise to a position of power she must be someone who has a pure name. When Parris questions about her dismissal from the Proctor household she is enraged and insists that she did nothing wrong. “My Name is good in the village! I will not have it said my name is soiled! Goody Proctor is a gossiping liar!” (Miller 13). Therefore, Abigail accuses Elizabeth of damaging her reputation. Abigail is cautious about her reputation because if rumors are going around that her name is soiled, surely people would not believe

D. The night that the girls were dancing in the woods, they did not want to be punished for it so they were blaming other people for it; for example, when Betty says this to Abigail, it proves that the girl's pinned each other against each other to save themselves from the punishment. When Betty said that she knew people would believe it since abigail was involved with John Proctor and they committed adultery so when John told his wife, abigail and John then separated. That is evidence on why Abigail would drink blood to gain the charm to kill Goody Proctor to get back with John Proctor. These tactics that the girls were using was human cruelty because they were blaming each other and creating false accusations that would make them gain the power over the other girls, because they knew how to get the blame of them.

In order to get what she wanted, she had pulled a group of friends to get involved in it, which they willingly obeyed Abigail in fear she would accuse them next. Many of her friends began to slowly fall apart because the guilt was taking over their minds. One of them had said, “She’ll kill me for sayin that! Abby’ll charge lechery on you, Mr. Proctor!”(Miller) Mary Warren feared that if she were to tell the truth, that the other girls would accuse her for witchcraft, and have her hung. It is hard to say who the hero is in this play, but the ones who know the truth and try and explain seem to be at war with Abigail and the other girls. One might say, “it is unfortunate that the play itself aligns a group of heroes against a group of villains."(Budick) Abigail and her group of girls are the villians in this play, having men and women wrongfully hung to save

Betty and Abigail asked a West Indian woman named Tituba to help them know their fortunes, a couple months later the little girl’s started showing different behavior, strange behavior. The girls then blamed 3 women for causing their suffering, one of which was Tituba, Tituba unlike the other accused confessed of practicing witchcraft, this saved her from being hung, Bridget Bishop was hung, and 5 others also suffered the same fate from the kids

The girls suddenly changed their story after realizing that nobody was going to accept what occurred. Abigail was practically the ringleader of this. She began praying louder, claiming that she wanted the love and light of God and Jesus, but then the adolescent initiated to name off random people whom she had claimed to have seen with Lucifer. The rest of the children began to follow in her footsteps and abruptly the building became full of names of random people who they were practically accusing as witches. That event should have been a dead giveaway to parade how they were lying considering the story had a sudden change and it should have been obvious that they were directly attempting to put the fault on other people to get the heat off of their backs to selfishly get themselves out of the predicament.

Whose fault was it that caused the witchcraft hysteria? Just caused not going. If it never started it would have never ended so many innocent lives. What causes love to do such crazy things? John is 31 years old with a wife and two kids. Abby is only 17 who lost her parents as a kid and is practically an orphan, who seems to be the vulnerable one here. It was not Abby’s fault she had to do all of that. She was lost of all hope in life but then john gave her false hope that she would be happy

It all began when Abigail Williams wished death upon the wife of John Proctor. Abigail and John once had an affair and John had a soft spot for her. The girls in the village were in the woods dancing and trying to receive the love of men in their village by having Tituba do a love ritual. The girls ended up getting caught by Abigail's uncle. They were scared of getting in trouble because dancing was prohibited in the village and very frowned upon, also some of the girls were dancing without clothes on. One of the girls, Betty, was pretending to be asleep and wouldn’t wake up. When her father, the same man that is Abigail’s uncle, noticed her strange behavior he called someone for help. Abigail started to become frustrated with Betty because she knew Betty was only pretending.

“It is a lie, sir” said Abigail to Danforth. Abigail wanting to get Mary Warren back for betraying her by putting the blame on her. “But this child claims the girls are not truthful, and if they are not -” said Hale. Mr. Hale has come to believe that all these witchcraft is nonsense karma created my teenage girls and

Rumors were flying that Betty had flew over a barn and landed softly. People in the town tried to cover it up. When Betty had flew she had put into a coma like state because she was in the woods with Abigail Williams and some other girls caught dancing with Tituba. Tituba is Rev. Parris’s slave and when Rev. Parris asked about what happened in the woods the girls had lied and said nothing, just dancing, knowing that it is not allowed. Susanna tells Rev. Parris that the doctor can't find a cure for Betty and thinks they should call an a witch expert. Rev. Parris tries to cover it up because he doesn't want his name smeared all over town so then he would lose his reputation. But Mr. and Mrs. Putnam come in asking all sorts of questions trying

In the play The Crucible, playwright Arthur Miller tells a narrative about the Salem witch trials through the lives of several central characters. After a group of girls is found dancing in the woods by Reverend Parris, the rumor of witchcraft spreads like wildfire through a strictly Puritan society. Abigail, the girl to confirm the rumor, finds herself in a place of power, and begins accusing other townspeople of witchcraft, ultimately leading to the deaths of many innocent people. Driven by a desire to seek revenge and protect her reputation in town, Abigail manipulates the intolerant nature of society, and sets a cycle of mass hysteria with a fatal ending. In the rigid boundaries of Puritan society, reputation and respect quickly become

Plot Synopsis: As the story is set in Salem, Massachusetts during the Puritan era, obviously things are going to take a swift turn downhill. A group of girls gets caught in the woods dancing with a slave named Tituba by the local Reverend Parris. His daughter goes into a “coma”, and he questions Abigail Williams, the de facto leader of the group. Eventually they call in another Reverend, Hale,

Rumors spread like wildfire all across the town. The town’s people in a matter of moments heard the news of the girls under the influence of Satan. A trial was held to get to the bottom of what had occurred early that morning. The blame began to fall on a lot of people based on wild accusations. In an effort to get her lover back, Abigail pinned the blame on John’s wife. In order to clear Elizabeth’s name her husband, John, did his best to defend her. His efforts were pointless and had gotten her in more trouble. Soon he had gotten himself dragged into the mess and the only way out was to lie. His lie would keep him,his wife, and the unborn child safe. By his wife’s influence, he agreed to the proposition given to him. Although, he refused to see his name hanged. He was forced to serve his punishment after, refusing to give them what they

Reverend Parris found his niece, some of her friends, and his maid dancing in the wood. Back then, dancing was forbidden. Abby, his niece, denied everything. Abby was also fired from Goody Proctor's house, due to Abby sleeping with her Husband. Goody Proctor never says what Abby did, but tells the whole town that Abby is a bad seed. After finding the girls dancing in the forrest, Betty and some other girls grow sick, and the doctor cannot seem to heal them. Reverend Parris starts to think it’s a spiritual illness instead of a physical one, so he asks Reverend Hale to come visit. Because Parris was thinking that witchcraft is real, and that it was the source of Betty’s sickness, the people began to think that too. It didn’t help that Abby and

During the Salem Witch Trials, young girls were among the first people to accuse women of witchcraft. The whole town was worried and there was an everlasting tension in the air. After the Witch trials were over (which ended because the mayor’s wife was accused), the whole town admitted that they had made a huge mistake by accusing people. They acknowledged that the whole thing was practically a game that a few little girls started and too many people got too caught up in it and wrapped up in the game. After the Witch Trials, the town was never the same again. The town had an aroma of extreme awkwardness and embarrassment because they knew what they had done was foolish.