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Examples Of How Abigail Is Blind To The Truth In The Crucible

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Alberto Carrera 27 January 2023 CCR English 3 Block 4 The Crucible by Arthur Miller There were characters in the play that were blind to the truth which were some like Abigail, Danefort, and Marry Warrens. Throughout the play these characters were blind to the truth and knowing what they were up to. Abigail accuse so many innocent person of witchcraft which led to some deaths and many in jail.Judge Danforth who were the one who sentence many death or jail knowing in the end he doesn’t want to know the truth and want Proctor to confess and like Marry who told the truth, but lied in the end. In conclusion,these characters were blinded to the truth. There are more evidence on why Abigail is blind to the …show more content…

In the play,there were evidence on why she is twisting the truth and knowing on what she was doing.In act 1,Abigail and some girls were dancing around the fire in the forest and almost getting in trouble for the cause of two girls unable to wake up she blamed on Tituba for forcing Abigail to drink blood and for witchcraft.Abigail was in love with Proctor and hated his wife for what she did to her, Abigail accuse Goody Proctor for witchcraft.In the end of the play you can see Abigail running away knowing sooner or later she will get discover. Mary Warren was first with Abigail as an accuser which accuse many people of witchcraft.There are times to get shame if you lied like Mary,but others view as an advantage.Marry was part as an accuser with Abigail accusing people of witchcraft and was a maid of John Proctor.When Goody Proctor was accused of witchcraft which Mary give a doll to her which there was a needle stab in the chest making Abigail get stab as well.In the end,Proctor forced Mary to told the truth about Abigail’s pretending,but it was backfire and blamed Mary of witchcraft knowing she can’t win she lied and told that Proctor made

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