The Lie Of Abby: Dancing In The Woods

(Atwood). Scapegoating does affect many people especially those who are under the stress of others. In addition this situation is caused by Abby in the selection The Crucible. Abby is found dancing in the woods with the other girls and when they returned home some of the girls wouldn't wake from their sleep. The blame was now placed on Tituba instead of Abby for making them dance to her barbado songs and for being associated with witchcraft. “I always hear her laughing in my

Abigail and the girl got caught dancing naked in the woods by Reverend Parris. Abigail lies to her Uncle and say they were only dancing. Betty later reveals to us that Abigail drank blood to kill John Proctors wife Elizabeth. In act one scene one of the play Betty yells “You did, You did! You drank a charm to kill John Proctors wife. You drank a charm to kill Goody Proctor” We’ve now discovered Abigail was not telling the truth to Reverend Parris. Another example of lie and deceit is whenever Betty

motif. None of which come close to Abby’s level of deceitfulness. Abby is very deceitful, in fact, her deceitfulness is what creates the plot for the story. Abigail stretches the truth in anyway of her liking so she will be have all of the attention in her favor. An example of how deceitful Abby can be is during Act 1 lines 1130 to the end, Hale questions Abby about the dancing in the forest, however Abby claims that the dancing was not

January 22, 1953 he describes that Abby was not the reason for the witchcraft hysteria. In the play The Crucible a group of young girls head into the woods which at first was just to have fun, dance, and mess around. But as back in those times if they were found dancing in the woods they would be considered a witch. The group of girls then started throwing leaves (just to pretend) into a pot and started to wish for a guy they wanted. As soon as they did this Abby drank blood from a chicken and when

teenage girl that lived in the small town of Salem, Massachusetts. Abigail Williams was lured into conjuring up spirits and dancing in the woods by others under the influence of witchcraft (the Devil's magic). She was discovered by her Uncle, Parris, who questions her about what she was doing in the woods. When discovered that she had been lured into witchcraft, he helped Abby turn back to God. Abigail decided then that God was calling her to clean the town of Salem from its witches, and even the

It is very clear that there are different characteristics between John and Abby. Abby is a liar, and John is truthful. The two characters John Proctor and Abigail portray contrast between the characteristics of fear/courage. When Abigail and her friends are caught dancing in the woods with animal blood and children, she is scared. She begins pointing fingers at others to distract from her own faults. This shows that Abigail is

book, The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, a group of girls caused a whole town to go array. This group of girls were caught naked, dancing and conjuring spirits. These girls were going to accept the blame and receive the whipping for what they did, but one of the girls, Abigail, was not about to go down. Abigail had the whole group of girls convinced that it would be best to lie and to not accept the beating. By doing this, they were put into the court and used to tell the judges whether or not the people

Abigail is a selfish girl who is motivated by her love for John Proctor, and her self-centeredness causes her to lie and deliberately damage other people’s lives. Abigail knows that witchcraft isn’t why the girls were dancing in the forest, but she lies so she won’t get in trouble with Reverend Parris. Abigail tells Proctor “And now you bid me tear the light out of my eyes? I will not, I cannot! You loved me… and whatever sin it is, you love me yet!” (30). Proctor and Abigail were alone one night

In “The Crucible”, the girls interacted with supernatural forces such as, communicating with the devil, doing witchcraft on other people, and vexing other people. In the beginning of the story, Parris discovered Betty and Tituba dancing like heathen in the forest. Parris and everyone else who has so far came out in the story, think they were associated with witchcraft and are sure Betty’s soul has been taken because she doesn’t open her eyes, hears and sees naught, and cannot eat. On page nine and

together. Abigail doesn’t like Elizabeth being in the way of the relationship that she thinks her and John could have. The quote that Betty said “You drank blood, Abby! You didn’t tell him that!” (19) is an example of Abigail trying to get rid of Elizabeth. Abigail was found dancing in the woods with a few other girls. When Abigail was in the woods she drank a charm of blood hoping that it would kill Elizabeth and get her out of the picture. Clearly Abigail Williams was motivated by her desire of wanting