How Does Abigail Williams Cause Conflict In The Crucible

Have you ever blamed someone for something they never did? In the play written by Arthur, the Crucible, Abigail Williams accuses many people of witchcraft leading to the death of 20 innocent people. Ever since she was caught dancing in the woods at the beginning of the play, Abigail and her friends have been trying to cover up their mistakes by blaming others of “being with the devil.” By the end of the play, Abigail is responsible for the death of many people because of the flaws she had which led her to make poor decisions. Her flaws of selfishness, anger, and cowardice ultimately led to her downfall which ended up killing many people including John Proctor.

Abigail Williams seems to be a despicable character in the story The Crucible. She causes do much trouble throughout the story starting from when the girls were in the woods dancing naked with Tituba. Abby says “She sends her spirit on me in church; she makes me laugh at prayer” (Miller,1154). Abigail uses Tituba to take the blame for all the girls speaking spirits and being in the woods. She manipulates people into believing and seeing what she wants them to see she is a very decisive

Abigail Williams is deceiving, vengeful, and controlling throughout The Crucible. Through these characteristics Arthur Miller illustrates the theme lies and deceit. First, Abigail Williams protected herself in court by using her lying nature. Abigail Williams is told to be a deceiving person when she is introduced.

First, Hale says, “ Did Tituba ask you to drink it?”(43). Then, she says, “ She tried, but I refused.”(43). These quotes show the talk between Hale and Abigail. It shows that Abigail has lied on Tituba in order to show that she has not sold her soul to the Devil. She also tries to says that she did not drink blood, but it was discovered that she drank it in later quotes. She lies convinces the Governor that Tituba made her drink the blood and that Tituba was a witch. She does this because she believes that if she accuses someone of being a witch, she would not be guilty. This would be true because if you confess to being a witch or accuse someone else, your punishment would be reduced. Abigail does this and does not care about the consequences that someone else might have to go

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?

“If you know that’s a sin then why won’t you stop doing it?” In the play The Crucible a group of girls were caught dancing in the forest by the minister Reverend Parris who’s daughter Betty and his niece Abigail Williams were involved. The girls knew that they have sinned so they claim that they were bewitched by members in Salem. They claim the members sent spirits out for them, they did this to save themselves from being hung. A court had to be set up to determine if the accused are guilty or innocent. Because of Abigail’s actions in the play she should be the one who is blamed for the outcome of the play.

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

Since Abigail is the Reverends niece and grew up with a pastor in the household it seems as if she should be very humble and a good person but her human nature took a toll making her greedy therefore making her dishonest and deceptive. She is afraid that people won’t agree with her, that motivates her to get people on her side. She then falsely accuses others of witchcraft and her being the victim. Witchcraft was taken very seriously back then and it ended up ripping apart the town and caused non stop fighting by almost everyone. Abigail’s main motive is John Proctor so she tries to lie to John about his wife to get him to fall for her “She is blackening my name in the village she is telling lies about me she’s a cold swiveling

History has Proven that humans can easily manipulate a situation to gain power. In the Crucible Abigail Williams is put in a position where she gains control over the community's leaders. She does not use the power that she obtains for the good of the community. Abigail is a purely selfish individual. She is a just an outright an butt hole about the whole situation that she creates. Abigail Williams lacks the compassion of a healthy human being. She gets caught up in the affair trying to gain the love of a married man. Abigail Williams obtains a large amount of power that she manipulated until it is out of her hands and she can not deal any more.

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.

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.

In Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible, Abigail Williams told a series of lies in order to save herself from punishment (blaming others in the process just so she herself wouldn’t be accused) and to take revenge on the man who was once hers, showing that once a person tells so serious a lie, this person now has power - power that can be used for personal gain. When Abigail began accusing her Puritan neighbors of witchcraft, she did not realize how much damage she would cause, for she was blinded by her thirst for revenge, similar to Senator McCarthy during the Red Scare.     Before she began accusing others of witchcraft, Abigail, Tituba, and her friends were spotted by Reverend Parris dancing naked in the woods. The songs Tituba had been singing

All the girls knew what they were doing, and they all knew it was a sin. The next morning Abigail told the other girls that she would kill them if they did not go along with her. When the men of the town confronted Abigail with her sins of that night, she lies and tells them Tituba had influenced her and the other girls in town to do such things. She then tells the court that this is not the first time she has seen Tituba have contact with the devil. She tells the that she can hear her singing songs to night to him, and Tituba often makes Abigail laugh in prayer meetings.

She can say anything she wants, and everybody will believe her. In Act 3, Mary Warren confessed that Abigail is lying about the witchcraft in front of the court. Mary Warren says that she thought she saw spirits, causing her to faint, making Danforth believe that it was all an illusion. When Danforth asked Abigail about the spirits, she insists that she saw them, making Danforth believe that everything happening was the truth. “Is it possible, child, that the spirits you have seen are illusion only, some deception that may cross your mind when- Danforth; Why, this - this - is a base question sir- Abigail; Child I would have you consider it- Danforth; I have been hurt, I have seen my blood runnin’ out! I have been near murdered everyday because I done my duty pointing out the Devil’s people…- Abigail; Child I do not mistrust you..-Dansforth;” (Miller, page 111). With this quote, it shows you that Abigail has gotten so popular that the most trusted, and highly respected people would respect