Abigail Williams Desire For Vengeance In The Crucible By Arthur Miller

Throughout the world, religion plays a prominent role in the lives of people. Religion in the play, The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, has a controversial usage, which establishes a historical event that happened in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692, known as the Salem Witch Trials. The townspeople in Salem has the urge to be seen as perfect in God’s hand, which leads to major false accusations of innocent people. The play demonstrates that people seeking vengeance will use fear and vulnerability to fulfill their goals. Abigail Williams’ desire for vengeance on Elizabeth Proctor is a fog that hides her detrimental actions. Abigail’s actions cause chaos and sorrow among the town, ruining everyone’s lives. Abigail’s envy makes her use her power in court

Abigail’s disastrous plan was to have Elizabeth killed so she could be with John Proctor. The wickedness of Abigail shows no remorse or regret, because she is willing to do anything to achieve her desire of being with John Proctor. Abigail is now in court being accused by John Proctor by using Mary Warren to tell the complete truth on how Abigail and the girls are pretending to be the devil’s eyes, but Abigail lies and pretends that Mary is

Abigail: He saw you naked.” (17) Abigail explains to Mercy that Parris saw her naked in the forest, but what Parris actually saw was a dress from an undetermined person. Abigail uses manipulation to find someone’s weakness so she may use it against their will at any point in time. Furthermore, she lies to obtain the trust and worthiness of others so she may have people who can help her at any given time especially during court. Fear is a gloomy cloud that the town of Salem can never run away from. Abigail, uses fear to her advantage and obtains more power to be able to manipulate a vast majority of people through her lying,“I want to open myself! I want the light God, I want the sweet love of Jesus! I danced for the Devil; I saw him; I wrote in his book; I go back to Jesus. I kiss His hand.” (45) Abigail now starts to point fingers and uses her manipulative speech to put fear upon the minds of her friends. Lying acts as if it were a drug because once you start you can’t and wont want to stop which portrays the cycle between Abigail and her friends. Additionally, fear is utilized when Abigail uses her power to manipulate a group of girls to do what she orders them to do,“Now look. All of you. We danced. And Tituba conjured Ruth Putnam’s dead sisters. And that's 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 black of some terrible night and I will bring a pointy reckoning that