Crucible Diary Project

Interestingly, Miller stirs up dramatic tension once again with Mary Warren’s evidence as the audience ponder whether she is brave enough to stick to her story without Abigail’s influence. However, we learn that Danforth is much gentler with the girls Mary “Sit you down, children” and “Now, children” than he is with Mary “If so, her neck will break for it”. The subsequent effect is that Mary is now predisposed to follow

An incident that started the witch hunt was when the girls appeared dancing in the woods. Abigail denied that nothing happened and said that “it were sport” (Miller 144), even though she was actually drinking a charm to kill Elizabeth. She tries to self-preserve her image and demonstrates that she is innocent through lies and blaming others. After an affair she encountered with John Proctor who was married to Elizabeth, she is still desperate for him. She believes that she is capable of his love and thinks of Elizabeth as a, “cold sniveling woman,” (Miller 150).

Abigail Williams is to be considered a strikingly beautiful young woman. She was the cause of the whole madness of witch-craft by her immaturity because Abigail and with the rest of her friends went out into the woods while having Tituba conjure spirits so the girls could get guys to fall in love with them. Once they were caught by Reverend Parris (which is Abigail's uncle) instead of confessing the truth on what they were doing and owning up to it, Abigail decides to blame Tituba. She blames her for making the girls go into the woods to conjure spirits and help the devil. When John Proctor hears about this though, she quickly tells him in private that its nothing but lie. She wants John Proctor to see her as a women but when she cannot even own

Under stress, people can easily forget parts of the Lord’s Prayer or the Commandments, yet this is used as a test to determine whether or not someone is a witch. These often unsound methods of justice, which are standard in Puritan society, leads to the accusation and hanging of many people that are actually innocent.

Abigail and Mary Warren have one final similarity; they both are apprehensive. While in court when about to be convicted, both girls blamed someone else for being witches and said they saw them with the devil. Then they would say explain that they have found God again so they are off the hook. When all this shenanigans first started, Abigail shouted “I saw Goody Hawkins with the Devil. I saw Goody Booth with the Devil!” By saying those names she was taken off the hook, and Goody Hawkins and Goody Booth were now being accused of witchery. This shows that Abigail is apprehensive because, she was scared of what would happen so by blaming it on someone else she didn’t have to worry about what would happen to her. Mary Warren also did the same terrible thing. Right before Mary Warren was to be called a witch by the court she said “You’re the Devil’s Man!” to John Proctor. That made the court decide to convict Proctor instead of her because she cried that she had found God. It made Mary not have to be fearful for her own life anymore.

Before all else of the story, when Abigail initially began blaming individuals for witchcraft everybody accepted her and likewise denounced others. Taking a gander at a dairy animal, something dropping as you stroll past it, sniffling throughout chapel, any of these things could be considered witchcraft. The Puritans most amazing alarm; rebellion of God; making the Puritan religion a real part in this play. In this manner, anything

I always hear her laughing in my sleep. I hear her singing her Barbados songs and tempting me with-”(p.44). Abigail is lying that she never gave herself to the devil, and that Tituba forced her and Betty to do witchcraft, and that Tituba forced her to drink the charm even though Abby drank the charm to kill Mr.Proctor's wife because Abigail used to have an affair with John and Elizabeth kicked her out of their house because she realized they had an affair and now Abby wants Elizabeth dead so she can have John. Then Abigail continues to be dishonest by saying Tituba comes to her at night and start singing her barbados songs and tempting her even though thats a lie. Also in the play it states, “The girl, the Williams girl, Abigail Williams, sir. She sat to dinner in Reverend Parris house tonight, and without word nor warnin’ she falls to the floor. Like a struck beast, he says, and screamed a scream that a bull would weep to hear, And he goes to save her, and, stuck two inches in the flesh of her belly, he draw a needle out. And

Although, Abigail is accusing innocent people for being witches, but the judges doesn't know that Abigail is lying because she want to hide her affair with John proctor. In the beginning of the play, Abigail first accuse Tituba for witchcraft. For example Abigail said “ she made me do it! She made betty do it!” (miller page 482). Abigail is telling Mr hale and Mr. parris that tituba is making abigail and betty to do witchcraft, but actually Abigail want tituba to make love potion for John proctor to love her. Everyone in salem town is believe her with big lies. Everyone is scared of Abigail because they can be accuse. Abigail and her friend are blaming others for witchcraft and pretending they are getting hurt. People are getting arrest or getting hang up because abigail and her friends doesn't like them. According to cheever “ There be so many cows wanderin’ the highroads, now their master are in jail and much disagreement who they will

Abigail put on an act, mimicking Mary Warrens every move as though her spirit was possessing the girls and could be found guilty of witchcraft. “Suddenly, from an accusatory attitude, her face turns, looking into the air above—it is truly frightened. ‘What is it, child?’ ‘I—I know not. A wind, a cold wind, has come.’ Her eyes fall on Mary Warren. ‘Abby!’ ‘Your Honor, I freeze!’ ‘They’re pretending!’… ‘Mary, do you send this shadow on me?’ ‘Lord, save me!’” (Miller p. 108-109). Abigail uses this in order to draw attention away from Danforth questioning if Abigail is only seeing illusions and not true spirits. Abigail uses the idea of witchcraft to repeatedly cover up her affair with John as well as uses it to an advantage to complete the envious attempt to kill

Abigail Williams in Act I along with many other girls, Tituba being the leader of the event, were caught out in the woods dancing around a cauldron with a frog in it. Reverend Parris testified in court that this is indeed what he saw in the woods. Tituba was charged with witchcraft with the intent to summon spirits. Later in this Act John comes to see what is wrong with betty, and he tries to comfort Abigail who says that she is just acting ill or possessed by evil spirits. While this conversation between the two continues, it becomes clear that they have had sexual relations in the past while abigail still worked at the Proctor residence, better stated an affair. Reverend Hale who is a famed which expert from a town over arrives and suddenly Abigail changes her story to suggest that Tituba did indeed try to call upon the devil. Tituba shocked by this accusation, vigorously denies it. Later in the Act Tituba ( now pretending to accept god again even though didn’t ever denied him) and Abigail begin accusing random women in the village of witchcraft. In Act II Elizabeth Proctor receives a poppet from Mary Warren. Later

In Act I Line 355, Abigail threatened her friends that, “Let either of you breathe a word, or the edge of a word, about the other things, and I will come to you in the black of some terrible night and I will bring a pointy reckoning that will shudder you.” Prior to the witch trials, Abigail wanted to seal her friends’ lips so that the message does not spread. She was so nervous to the extent that her words toward her friends were threatening. This indicated her desperate desire for manipulation and control of the power. She only concerned about the safety of herself and disregarded that of her friends. Moreover, Abigail accused Tituba of witchcraft when she claimed, “She sends her spirit on me in church; she makes me laugh at prayer! … She comes to me every night to go and drink blood! … She comes to me while I sleep; she's always making me dream corruptions!” (Act I Line 920).

Abigail Williams is one of the main characters that demonstrate how immoral people can commit evil acts under the façade of religion. In the beginning of the Crucible, Abigail and several other girls are caught dancing in the woods and conjuring spells. At first, the girls accuse Tituba, a slave from Barbados, of consorting with the devil and practicing witchcraft in order to protect them from further punishment. However, the false accusations continue and more people in town are accused of witchcraft for other reasons. The Student Companion to Arthur Miller states in reference to the girls claiming to be bewitched and attacked by spirits: “Their way of life is strict and somber, and the witch trials will offer them a release of pent-up frustration and emotion. Under the guise of morality, they will be given the

Abigail Williams the main reason why the witch hunts even commenced some may claim, however, Abigail acted the way she did because of fear of having a bad reputation in the town, fear of losing John Proctor and a fear of being caught guilty of making up accusations. When the word got out about the girls being in the woods Abigail made sure none of the girls would say anything “And mark this. Let you deserve you breathe a word or the edge of a word about the other things and I will come to you in the black of some terrible night and I will bring a pointy Reckoning that will shudder you. And you know I can do it”, Abigail was afraid if the townspeople found out she would

Furthermore Abigail has shown she can not be trusted. For example, she lied about conjuring spirits in the woods and when the other girls said they should tell the truth she told them they would be hanged so we have to lie. She would say are make any one tell a lie to stay out of trouble. She accused others of witchcraft

Abigail Williams wanted what was best for her. She did not care of others. Due to Abigail’s actions a whole conflict outbursts in Salem, Massachusetts. The girls have been caught in the woods dancing and even naked. They have been caught and accused of doing witchcraft. Betty is then “very ill” and they believe she is going to die. Betty awakes. Abigail threatens the girls to stay quiet. “You did. You did! You drank a charm to kill John Proctor’s wife! You drank a charm to kill Goody Proctor!” (Miller 18). This shows that Abigail Williams was a villain because she was hoping for the death of a person in order to get what she desired. Abigail and the girls were caught doing witchcraft. Abigail comes up with a different story to tell. “Now look you. We danced. And Tituba conjured Ruth Putnam’s dead sisters. And that is all. And mark this. Let either of you breathe a word, or the edge of a word, about the other things, and I will come to you in the back of shudder