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Abigail Williams In The Crucible By Arthur Miller

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Imagine living in a small town where your voice is not heard, and your life does not matter. The crucible bu Arthur Miller, tells a story about many young women who have been accused with witchcraft. Many innocent people were accused and killed while the group of people who actually attempted witchcraft were set free. In the crucible we see that Abigail Williams is a manipulative and selfish young women, who blames other people to cover up on her lies and mistakes. Abigail illustrates the themes hysteria, reputation, and individuality in this play. Abigail mainly illustrates the theme hysteria, for example, Abigail said, “i have been hurt Mr.Danforth; i have seen my blood running out! i have been near murder everyday…” (Miller 100;3), Abigail is overwhelmed and pretending like she is seen scary creatures while she's asleep. Abigail is lying because she is trying to win peoples trust and try to get them on her side to help her. …show more content…

i will not. have such looks.”(Miller 103;3), this quote explains to us that Abigail is beginning to get suspicious look. Abigail is feeling overwhelmed because of the looks she's getting; which shows us that she's cares a lot about what people think about her and what they see her as. Abigail also illustrates the theme reputation and integrity when her father said, “Excellency, I think they aboard a ship, my daughter tells me how she heard them speaking of ships last week, And tonight i discover my strongbox is broken into”(Miller 117;4), Abigail is afraid that her reputation will eventually get talked about and ruined so she decides to run away. Another example would be when Abigail said “what looks do you give me? i will not have such looks!” (Miller 103;3), people are beginning to doubt Abigails honesty, and they are giving her doughtful looks, which bothers her ,because she is afraid that her reputation will be ruined if people found out the

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When John ended up being accused of being a witch Abigail decided to leave town when she realized what she had done to the man she loves. She stole all of her uncle’s money and left with everything wrong she has done and sins she committed on her shoulders. “My daughter tells me how she heard them speaking of ships last week, and tonight I discover my-my strongbox is broke into” (Miller, 203). It shows that once she realizes that what she has been doing is wrong and ended up hurting the one she loved finally finding out that everything that she was doing wasn’t helping John but ended up only hurting him and his family. This proves on how she really is all alone and that the jealousy she held onto contained only self-love than of love.

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Abigail’s first major flaw in her character is lust. In act one she quotes “John I am waiting for you every night” When she says this she is explaining to her once lover John Proctor, how she waits for his return every night in hopes that he will return to her for love. As John tries to deny the love he once felt for her and

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Abigail is one example of a character that allows jealousy to control her actions. For example, when John and Abigail talk to each other at the beginning, Abigail keeps broaching the topic of their love and also calls Elizabeth “...a cold, sniveling woman” (Miller 24). This shows that Abigail still loves John and hates Elizabeth because she is John’s wife which embodies jealousy. There are also many people in Salem that Abigail could have accused and Elizabeth has a good reputation which makes her a smaller target. Therefore, it is conspicuous that Elizabeth’s allegation was not coincidently by the girl her husband had an affair with, but instead completely out of

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Abigail’s villainy consists of lying, plotting revenge, and murder. She is a great villain because whenever someone accuses her of lying, she can think of an excuse really quickly. All of the immediate comebacks keep the reader on their toes. “DANFORTH: turning worriedly to Abigail: … ‘Is it

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There is much speculation about the cause of the Salem witchcraft trials, but one thing is certain: history is bound to repeat itself. The Red Scare had similar causations and results, which caused Miller to write his play. In fact, Miller’s presentation of themes in the excluded scene may make the audience reflect on the application to their life. Trials. In The Crucible, a play by Arthur Miller, the addition of the excluded scene would enhance the performance of the play.

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“Marry, please don't hurt me..” (Miller 652). This evidence shows that Abigail is dangerous and that others need to be wary of her. This is also showing how

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Abigail’s lies have caused many issues, but the lie that not only was she not dancing and conjuring spirits with Tituba and the other girls, but that she was nowhere near the forest where the girls were. Even though she says later to the other girl’s that no one can find out. Although it’s not sure if anyone found out, the reader knows this, and can’t help but think about her involvement in it. Because of this, Abigail should be thought of as a manipulative schemer, and

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(Miller 12). This quote shows how Abigail has changed and what she’d do if she was confronted with such a situation. She made the decision quickly and opted to only save herself. Over the course of the book it gets represented pretty well that she is capable of doing everything to hold up her reputation: she wants to be a saint. Every decision she makes is like a little test that shows what kind of person and friend she is.

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Abigail Williams was the goody two shoes that kept her reputation high, until she turned on many with a single lie. In The Crucible By Arthur Miller, is set in the year of 1692 in Salem, Massachusetts where a witch outbreak has jailed many of the women from a fault of one girl named Abigail. It causes havoc in Salem that will lead to death in the village. Abigail has shown many transformations and showed that she is very dynamic from her emotions, to her actions, and to her experiences throughout the story of The Crucible. Abigail has shown that she has grown mentally and emotionally.

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I believe she means to murder”. John says this because he knows Abigail’s true intention, and he knows she is seeking revenge. Another quote that supports her flaw is “Goody Proctor always keeps poppets”. This is Abigail’s attempt to blame Goody Proctor for the wound to her stomach. Vengeance is a terrible characteristic to have, and Abigail has obtained this characteristic.

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Abigail oftentimes makes me wonder what people would do in order to have a good reputation. In the play Abigail only cares about herself and what she can do to protect herself. When the girls talk in Betty’s room and Mary shows weakness and wants to tell everyone about what they did in the forest, Abigail gets really angry. She threatens the girls and is not afraid to show what she is willing to do. “Now look you.

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