How Is Abigail Portrayed In The Crucible

In The Crucible, I assume that the character Abigail is a static character. Abigail is considered a static character for the reason that no matter what her feelings never change. She does whatever she is yearning to be happy with herself. It makes no difference if she is hurting other people as long she is joyous. An example is how she accuses Elizabeth Proctor of being a witch even though it's not true. She only did it for the reason that she thought she would be able to be with John Proctor. The character John Proctor is a dynamic character. John is considered a dynamic character because he changes his feelings in the entire play. In the beginning he was a quiet farmer and now he is a brave man with a great deal of courage. In the beginning

In life, there will always be those toxic people who start all the drama and always want to cause it. In, The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, Abigail Williams is the most the most responsible for the results. She was always into no good and is always lying about something. she had an affair with Jon Proctor, she drank blood to try to kill Elizabeth Proctor, and she faked a witchcraft related incident to get Elizabeth Proctor accused of witchcraft.

People are very impressionable, especially children. Abigail used destructive power to cause chaos in Salem. In the Crucible she is viewed as strong-willed and independent. She manipulated and used people against each other as a stepping stone to hysteria.

What if you lived during a time when people feared anything that was different or strange to them? When that fear led people to cruelty. Then you would know what it was like to live during the time of the Salem Witch Trials.

All people commissioned to hang in Salem were innocent… how did they end up there? Through the lies and accusations of Abigail, a teenager whose head was filled with power, revenge, and her reputation. In Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible he clearly shows that Abigail is guilty in more ways than one. She is guilty of lies…accusation… and even murder.

The witch trials of Salem Massachusetts in 1692 leave a dark spot on the timeline in history. It was a horrific event that saw the senseless executions of twenty innocent, men, women, and children. The one responsible for the chaos that ensued? A one Abigail Williams, on the foundation of a personal vendetta against John Proctor; she deceived and manipulated the populace of Salem. As her revenge clouded her perception on the after-effects for her actions. The domino pieces fell one, by one, ultimately leading to one of the worst cases of injustice in recorded history.

In the Crucible, by Arthur Miller as the reader, you get to travel back in time and get a true taste of how the infamous New Salem witch trials went. How the witch trials all started and a proper understanding of how anybody can be accused of witchcraft whether you were a town “royalty” or just a nobody in the house next door. Throughout the Crucible, Arthur Miller indirectly characterizes Abigail in order to emphasize that jealousy can cause people to do unreasonable things. Throughout the beginning of the book you get a good understanding of who Abigail truly is and how she is not an innocent selfless person, although she does everything possible to convince people of such things and that she is the angel of the town.

Abigail Williams: The Manipulative Siren of Salem Arthur Miller's "The Crucible" reveals the complexities of reactionary human nature through its characters, and Abigail Williams emerges as one of the most intriguing of them. She could be viewed as a desperate young girl driven by love, however, a deeper examination reveals her as manipulative instead, shown as she orchestrates events and people to achieve her wishes, not only in her personal life but in the entire town. She thrives on the mass hysteria in Salem, using it to manipulate others to get what she desires. A significant example of her manipulative nature is how she ruins Elizabeth Proctor's life to secure her own ends. From the beginning of the book, Abigail’s manipulation of Elizabeth Proctor is evident.

Lust, mendacity, and jealousy are three things that can change how a person feels and acts. Sometimes we can't help it and it causes lots of problems. These problems then accumulate and cause something we did not intend to happen and this is something that happen in the town of salem. Abigail had these 3 characteristics which made her do things and blame witchcraft on many people causing several deaths.

Arthur Miller demonstrates how a character’s obsession/fixation, can result in being manipulative while committing a grave sin of lust towards a male character. Abigail is Proctor’s past maid, who has a love affair with him. Abigail is able to persuade Proctor into thinking, that he needs sexual desires in his life since his wife is sick and is unable to sexual please him. Abigail states:

In the play “The Crucible”, I believe Abigail Williams was the one who was responsible for the deaths of the people who were wrongly convicted and hanged. Abigail was a young girl who was obsessed with a man named John Proctor. She was so in love with him, that she would have done anything she could to be with him. She was caught doing something she should not have been doing, and was willing to do whatever she had to do to keep from getting in trouble.

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In Arthur Miller's play The Crucible Abigail Williams, an unmarried orphan in the Massachusetts town of Salem, incessantly grows more jealous, her desire for vengeance only grows stronger, and her selfishness escalates. She repeatedly lies to save herself by denying her involvement in witchcraft. Abigail's Jealousy of Elizabeth Proctor intensifies in attempt to realize her desire for Elizabeth's husband John Proctor. In order to save herself she accuses the innocent, without any sense of ethical violation. Abigail proves to be a selfish antagonist in The Crucible that shows no sense of right and wrong.

Throughout the scene, Danforth uses pathos to instill fear, make people turn against each other, and make innocent people feel as if they’re actually guilty. The idea of witchcraft is a scary thought, so there was already fear within the town. Before Danforth even entered the play, he “[promised a] hangin’ if [the others would] not confess” (Miller 1269). When John chose Elizabeth over Abigail, the love triangle created multiple problems. Overtime Abigail was plotting against Elizabeth so she could be with John and her motivation of jealousy and desire was revealed when Danforth got John to admit to his past mistakes. Danforth influenced confessions and betrayal and resulted in John being charged as a guilty man. Danforth wanted “[John’s] honest confession in his hand” but John had already spoke the truth and wanted to keep his name (Miller 1333). In the emotional scene where John showed his true feelings of guilt, it shows that Danforth got the wrong guy. If Danforth wouldn’t have gotten lost in his beliefs, the right people would have been condemned for their

When John is talking to Hale and he says, “Is the accuser always holy now?” He is showing that the townspeople praise Abigail for condemning people to prison or to death with no real proof. The people treat her like she is a Saint even though she is lying to them and just trying to get revenge on people that have wronged her. For example, she is condemning Elizabeth because she wants John all for herself. When John is