Power is the ability or capacity to do something or act in a particular way, Power is not only strength it is a human relationships, power is the authority one person holds over another. In the play The Crucible,written by Arthur Miller. Three characters Abigail Williams, Reverend Hale, and Judge Danforth. All want to gain power as the play goes on. But it takes a turn and influenced them negatively. These characters use their power for good but some use there power for evil. Sometimes it doesn't turn out as planned, and they make the situation worse. First of all how Abigail Williams uses her power to save her but lied. And now Know one trust her, they believes she is dangerous over all. Abigail Williams is a young girl, who gets into trouble, for the bad decisions that she makes. During the play Abigail's bad decisions leads to a lot of commotion. She tries to fix her mistakes but ends up getting into more of a mess than she started with. “I want to open myself…I want the light of god, I want the sweet love of Jesus! I danced with Devil; I saw him i wrote in his book; I go back to Jesus; I kiss his hand. I saw sarah Good with the devil, I saw Goody Osburn with the Devil! I saw Bridget Bishop with the Devil.” In this line, Abigail Williams is telling the truth the she danced with the …show more content…
His job is to diagnose witchcraft if it is presented. During the play Hale is getting manipulated in his own beliefs, by Abigail and the girls. His power starts to slowly fade as the play goes on.”I-quite the court” In this line Hale is trying his best to find out the witchcraft situation, but Abigail is making it worse, and taking over. This makes Hale quite the court and loss most of this power that he had. This proves that Hales power starts to influence him negatively. Because he his losing all his power and it's making him weak. Now it's hard for Hale to help with this terrible witchcraft commotion that is going on it