Consequences Of Abigail Williams In The Crucible

Within today’s society, an individual’s morals determines how one is scrutinized, judged, and reprimanded. In Arthur Miller’s play, The Crucible, Abigail Williams is a character with compelling moral principles. Abigail’s disoriented moral constitution allows the theme, the detrimental effects of mass hysteria, to be constantly reassured throughout the play. Through the egotistical, manipulative, and deceitful rhetoric of Abigail Williams, Arthur Miller is successful in conveying how the spread of misinformation can tear apart a small town.

Abigail Williams is the main reason and cause of what has been going on and being done in Salem. She has done what any typical person would have done if they were caught up in a lie and in love with someone that claims to not love you at all. How would you react if you were in Abigail’s shoes? Would you tell the truth and confess or would you continue to lie again and again to stay out of trouble?

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The devastating Salem witch trials occurred between February 1692 and May 1693. By the end of the trials many people were accused, nineteen were executed and several more died in prison. The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, captures the hysteria that developed during the Salem witch trials. Crucible character, Abigail Williams, represents the repressed desires that many of the Puritans possess. Abigail’s readiness to abandon Puritan social restrictions sets her apart from the other characters, and eventually leads to her downfall. Abigail Williams uses manipulation and cruelty to create an atmosphere of terror and intimidation in her town. In Arthur Miller’s play, The Crucible, Abigail Williams leads the hysteria in Salem by taking extreme measures to succeed in attaining John Proctor's love.

In Arthur Miller’s play, The Crucible, Miller demonstrated that it was Abigail’s flaws- lust, jealousy, and mendacity- that led her to be responsible the most for the tragedy of the witch-hunt in Salem. The Crucible focuses of the finding of young girls and a slave messing around in the woods, trying to conjure spirits from the dead. Rather than admit to their actions and face the consequences, the girls accuse everyone else of the crimes they were guilty of. Abigail Williams is the person who caused much of the drama in this story. She bears much responsibility for everyone meeting with Tituba in the woods. Once Parris discovers this meeting, Abigail attempts to keep her actions a secret because it would possibly reveal her affair with Proctor. Abigail lies to cover up her affair with proctor, and to stop the charges of witchcraft in order to prevent the terrible punishments that go along with the accusations.

When Tituba was accused by Abigail, it set the precedent that one could get out of accusations by accusing others. Starting to fear for life, Abigail commands the others, "Now look you, all of you, we danced, and Tituba conjured up Ruth Putnam's dead sisters, and that is all" (20). By not accepting that she was going to be accused, and instead transferring the blame to Tituba, Abigail set the precedent that you can accuse others and get out of the whole mess. Also, the use of spectral evidence in the court case against Mary Warren deceives many and lead the trials on even longer. In another attempt to shift the blame from herself, Abigail turns to a spirit bird, "The Wings: Her wings are spreading!

Patty Jenkins, an American film director and screenwriter wrote,“Every villain has their belief system that makes perfect sense to them.” This quote is reminiscent of Abigail Williams, a character in The Crucible, a play by Arthur Miller. In Salem, Massachusetts in 1692, four girls were caught doing witchcraft. The girls accused other innocents of witchcraft, so they would not be framed for it. Due to the girl's actions, many of them, accused were hanged to death. Abigail Williams was a villain in The Crucible.

Sometimes, the wicked will tell us things just to confuse us – to haunt our thoughts after we’ve faced them – Sarah J. Maas. A quote that says so much relatable to the play “The Crucible”. While some believe that Mary Warren is one of the most heinous characters in the story “The crucible”, I truly disagree; I on the other hand think that Abigail Williams is the most despicable! I say that Abigail Williams is the most detestable because of her attitude and acts during the play. She does many awful things to people which is why she is put in the category that she is put in. Not only did she lead the other girls into dancing in the woods and threaten to hurt them for telling but she also lied to the people of the court and threatened to expose John Proctor for the adultery he committed with her.

In the book “The Crucible” the Salem Witch Trials was one of the biggest tragedies in history. Who was to blame for this horrible tragedy? There are many accusations but only one person is guilty for causing the Salem Witch Trials. Abigail williams started the Salem Witch Trials, when she accused Tituba of witchcraft and manipulated mary warren as well as many court officials; this could have been prevented if she just told the truth.

Consequences can occur when individuals pursue their own personal good at the expense of the greater good of a group or society. We can see this in many characters throughout The Crucible. I plan to focus on Abigail Williams and how her rash decisions lead to a plague of vengeance and a widespread panic. In the beginning of Act I we see the girls brewing up a cover story to why they were in the woods.

Arthur Miller author of “The Crucible” is based on the Puritan society in Salem Massachusetts 1692 and more specifically on the witch hunts and witch trials that happened in Salem during that time. Many main characters in “The Crucible” affect the story’s outcome and also affect other characters within the book as well. Abigail Williams is one of the main characters in “The Crucible” who caused many conflicts and ultimately led to the outcome of many characters deaths. Abigail is 17 years and an orphan who is being taken care of by her uncle Reverend Parris. She does cause a lot of mayhem with all the lying she does but she always lies to protect herself no matter who gets hurt or gets killed. She also lies to get revenge on people who she believes have wronged her for example Elizabeth for firing her and because she want to be with her husband John Proctor. John Proctor also neglects Abigail and will no leave her wife Elizabeth

Abigail Williams was a very strong and manipulating character in the crucible. In my opinion I think that Abigail Williams tries to act as the victim but only because she wants to make the Salem people believe her. She uses the girls only when it is for her benefit, she manipulates and uses them in any way or form she can. She does everything that she possibly can to reach her goal and she does not care who she hurts in the way. Abigail Williams not only manipulates and uses the girls, but when they try to put something against her she threatens them, “Let either of you breathe a word or the edge of a word about the other things, and I will bring a point reckoning that will shudder you.”

Abigail then accuses Tituba of influencing them to do the devil's work. Abigail is the start of all the trouble. She is known for being the first one to accuse someone of witchcraft. She is constantly lying to the court. She

This century people’s minds and emotions towards their situations have changed dramatically because everyone blames and accuses others instead of owning up to self actions, In the 1600’s the witchcraft, a girl name Abigail made girls look up to her and believe she could do magic, but when they got caught, Abigail started to falsely accuse adult´s of being witches and they got forced to do magic but, they were trying to cover up for being in trouble. This is similar to the president Trumps issue on trying to take away all illegal immigrants. Abigail Williams shows fear because she doesn't want to get blamed and is illustrated in the actions. Abigail in the crucible she's making big statements of the actions she created, this type of actions don't only lasted in the crucible times, but also made it way to modern times, in the movie the crucible Abigail's fear plays a role important part when they got caught in the forest by John proctor she does a guilt trip and tries to blame other´s for her actions and say she got forced to do everything and the village gained fear and believed her and started killing innocent people because they thought that the devil was taking over them.

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.