The Influence Of Abigail Williams In The Crucible By Arthur Miller

In the play The Crucible by Arthur Miller, Abigail Williams and Mrs. Putnam are are the sources of the witchcraft mysteries because they are able to use their manipulating witchcraft skills to throw the blame onto their enemies. Abigail Williams hates Elizabeth Proctor, for she had an affair with her husband,John, and still has lustful feelings towards him. Abigail used to work for the Proctor family, but was immediately thrown out because of her relationship with John, of which Elizabeth has no idea existed. Abigail believes Elizabeth hates her and calls her a “bitter woman, a lying, cold, sniveling woman” (12). This of course shows tensions between Elizabeth and Abigail. Abigail even admits she would do ANYTHING to get of Elizabeth, perhaps

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.

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.

Abigail Williams is a little girl who is corrupted by the power and authority she is given due to the lack of knowledge of the people in her time period. The play The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, shows how Abigail transforms from a normal person into a monster. Abigail may be a little girl, but she is far more powerful, corrupt and evil than she seems, because she receives high authority and is able to do whatever she wants.

“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.

In the crucible Abigail williams is one of the main characters and she did a lot to form the story.These are three most dominant traits that Abigail williams had in the book.

Abigail is turning into more of a crazy lady. Accusing everyone that gets in John Proctor, and her way, even her friend Mary Warren who turns on her. “You will confess yourself.” Danforth yelled at Mary, “or you will hang!” (1093). She accused Mary Warren by mocking her. Tho when the play drags on Abigail gets more anxious to be with John. Accusing Elizabeth and sending her to jail was one of her biggest moments. Abigail becomes more extreme at the end, trying anything to be with John Proctor.

The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, delineates many acts of self-indulgence and animosity. With clever accusations on one another for witchery, each character is able to derive the conflict away from themselves and appear innocent. A jealous and manipulative girl, Abigail Williams, falsely accuses Elizabeth Proctor for the sole purpose of seeking revenge, so she could have Elizabeth’s husband John Proctor. She is able to withhold her reputation by making herself appear as the victim in the court. Not only was Abigail a model of self cruelty, but Thomas Putnam is also a befitting example. Being a very acquisitive man, he accuses George Jacob for witchcraft to simply gain the land neighboring him. Both characters strive to achieve their goals, but they do it through many acts of greed. In society overall,

When Abigail first enters the play, the audience feel sympathy towards her since she is an orphan. However, it is quickly made clear that she has the potential to cause confusion through her

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.

According to Maya Angelou, “Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean” which explains why the bitterness and anger in Abigail Williams over losing John proctor in The Crucible by Arthur Miller causes her to seek attention by accusing many of witchcraft. Guided by their strict puritan beliefs, many of the townspeople believe her, causing several to die and countless more to suffer. Set in 1692, the town of Salem is very religious, and their puritan beliefs guide their everyday life; however, by living in such a strict environment, small arguments affecting only a few people can turn into a tragedy for the whole time. The girl most responsible for the death in Salem is Abigail Williams. She

“Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth” (Siddhartha Gautama). The truth will be revealed; it is always stronger than the forces trying to destroy it. In The Crucible by Arthur Miller, Abigail Williams tries to use her selfishness, deceitfulness, and her bossiness to hide the truth from the people of Salem, only to eventually have the truth overcome her attempts to try to hide it. Abigail Williams is a very selfish person.

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Imagine going for a walk and stumbling upon an evil being convincing a women to conjure evil spirits that will destroy everyone's life all around. In Arthur Millers play the crucible, Abigail Williams is that evil being. She convinced tituba to help her and her friends conjure spirits and charm their enemies. So tituba had no choice and went. As they're dancing in the woods of Salem, potion boiling, Abigail covered in chicken blood, reverend Parris, Abigail's uncle stumbles upon them, startling his daughter Betty making her faint. The next day Betty can not wake and Abigail blames tituba for witchery. Tituba has no choice but to confess or be hanged so she accuses the ones the girls charmed, and they chime in waking Betty. Abigail did this because she didn't like her name being blackened or being questioned; she wanted a perfect life with john proctor, and wanted to be looked at as a god.