The rumor of witchcraft and darkness is everywhere now due to one special lady.The witch hysteria wouldn't have become hysteria if there wasn't people pushing it and saying it was true and making a big ordeal about it. Abigail Williams is most responsible for the hysteria for pretending to be possessed and influencing the other girls do the same, She went along with the act saying that she was being tormented by real witches playing the victim, making people worry about witches. This woman is drama queen no joke!
The person most responsible for the mass hysteria of witchcraft in salem has to be Abigail Williams. The witch trials wouldn't have gone the way they did if it wasn't for this woman. Abigail lies, manipulates, the whole town with her sly tactics to divert attention from herself because she could be hanged for what she did. She does everything in her power to make sure she does not get hanged by any means necessary. For example, Abigail blamed Tituba for the witchcraft to evade punishment, she chose Tituba because she was a black slave and no one would believe a black slave. From here on Abigail would continue her act in the courthouse and influencing the other convicted girls to follow her lead like when they all “fainted” causing everyone to be scared.
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She manipulated the other convicted girls so she wouldn't be the only one to convince the court. The girls had no choice but to follow abigail because they knew the things she can come up with and were scared of that. In the court Abigail pretended to be possessed and collapsed to the floor and the other girls did the same. She deceived the whole court with this act, a clever tactic on her