independence. Much like most teens, Abigail Williams from Arthur Miller’s The Crucible could be described as impulsive, as she often makes quick and unwise decisions. As Abigail faced difficult situations she tended to make a quick judgment which often caused trouble for her or those around her. Despite this, Abigail tries her best to navigate the bumpy road of life through her stereotypical actions and morals. The Crucible, that starred Abigail Williams as the main antagonist, was a play about
Liar, liar, witch on fire. Abigail Williams was a good puritan girl until the cold, and boring, Salem winter days got the best of her. Abigail and the other girls from Salem fooled around lightly with magical games, everything was fine until Reverend Parris found out, and then the real games started. Arthur Miller wrote “The Crucible”, he lived through the tough times of McCarthyism, this era has even been related to witch hunting but for communists. The communism era relates the novel Arthur Miller
Arthur Miller’s“The Crucible” takes place in Salem, Massachusetts in the early 1690’s. It’s very popular because parts of this story are based on real historical events. This book has a lot of conflict happening when the people of Salem are being accused of witchcraft. Witchcraft was a very serious case to puritans. They thought that the people being accused should be punished for “being in contact with the Devil”. The people would either hang or be held in prison until they confessed. The person
The Crucible Manipulative is a manage of influences in an unfair manner. In the play The Crucible, this is shown in many ways. The Crucible was written by Arthur Miller, one of the best American writers. He often wrote about many moral problems in American society and raised question about their causes of human behavior. The Crucible was inspired by the Salem witchcraft trials in 1692. During this time there were many accusations stating that witches exist. Many people were accused of witchery
Abigail Williams is an evil, lying witch responsible for the deaths of innocent citizens in Salem, Massachusetts. In Arthur Miller’s play, The Crucible the young, beautiful Abigail has an affair with married John Proctor. She will stop at nothing to get what she wants, including practicing witchcraft. Abigail is an obsessive, selfish, manipulative liar, who brings destruction wherever she goes. First and foremost, Abigail is obsessive. Evidence for this is shown when she refuses to believe that her
In “The Crucible” the story has taught us about how great and powerful fear can easily take over one another and show how people turn against one another just to protect themselves. One of the characters in the story has shown a great example of this and you can see the great evil that is inside of this person who just lets good innocent people die to protect themselves. Cruel and selfish is what you think or maybe it is the other way around for you. Maybe you think you got to do whatever you got
sometimes said that theatre is supposed to reflect society and experiences that the audience can relate to. Luckily, very few people have led the type of life that Abigail Williams, the heroine of Abigail/1702, chose to live. Abigail/1702, an elaboration on what happened to Abigail Williams after the events of Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, was written by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and was performed by the Nebraska Repertory Theatre under the direction of Andy Park. I attended the performance on Friday
ever been truly guilty. Abigail Williams stood with her head down, satisfied knowing that another person who’d unveiled her scheme was going to meet their end today. Depraved and excranable thoughts crossed the young 12 year old’s mind, thoughts of vengeance towards everyone who distrusted, or discovered her secrets. For this child caused much of the hysteria at the Salem Witch Trials in 1692. Abigail William is the truck that drives the play, “The Crucible”. Abigail Williams is very equipped with
In the play, The Crucible, Arthur Miller writes about a group of girls who were accused of witchcraft. They then accuse many other women and men of witchcraft, they act like they have been touched by the Devil. The Devil then ‘shows’ them who has signed the Black Book, that is how the girls explained it. Abigail, one of the girls that was seen practicing witchcraft, had more than just wanting every woman hanged, she wanted Elizabeth Proctor dead, and for John Proctor to fancy her. By the time the
“The Crucible” written by Arthur Miller, is a play that takes place in a Puritan town where witchcraft trials fueled by hysteria are taking place. These trials are based on the accusations of group of young Puritan girls who claim they can see spirits and determine which citizens are witches. One of the most well known and cruel of these girls is Abigail Williams. Throughout the play Abigail Williams shows her despicable nature by falsely accusing innocent people of witchcraft in order to get revenge