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Abigail Williams In The Crucible By Arthur Miller

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In all cases, a villain’s wrongdoings lead to conflict. In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, Abigail Williams is the play’s most prominent villain. Abigail controls the proceedings through her confidence, especially when proposing an argument, manipulative while brainstorming each of her ploys, and selfish when she chooses to benefit herself over the other characters in the play. These characteristics, Abigail’s most significant, are what helped her control the trial and the townspeople. In order to control the proceedings, Abigail uses confidence, manipulation and condescension and is also assertive when forcing people to believe she has dominance over them. When someone is overly confident, they may make decisions that will hurt others. The
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