She shifts the tension of the court being on her by falsely accusing their neighbors of witchcraft in 1692 along with Betty Parris. Abigail used her authority as a child to intimidate them into lying and going along with the story she created. She threatened to accuse them of whitch craft if they didn’t obey her. Williams testified that she saw a ritual outside of the Parris house claiming there were forty witches drinking blood as a part of the ritual. She names Elizabeth Proctor as being present in the ritual.
She knew that they conjured spirits, however, she did not confess her sins. When Betty woke from her illness, her and Abigail got into an argument. During the first act of the play, Betty asserted to Abigail, "You drank blood, Abby! You didn't tell him that!... You did, you did!
Reverend Parris, worried for his own job, explains to Abigail that her “punishment will come in its time. But if you trafficked with spirits in the forest I must know it now, for surely my enemies will, and they will ruin me with it.” Even the idea of witchcraft in Reverend Parris’s house could ruin his reputation in the town and therefore risk his job. By Betty being ‘afflicted’, she is holding power over her own father and his position in the town. She knows that the longer she is asleep, the more desperate her father is going to be blame someone for the witchcraft who is not her.
Winona Ryder thinks, Abigail Williams is not really a villain but a victum. I disagree, Abigail acts like a villain rather than a victim. For example, she threatens her friends, by saying that she would send her spirit after them. Another example is when she is not kind to Mary, who is one of her friends, and says she had tries to hurt her and calls her a liar. Abigail accusses Mary of sending her spirit to hurt them in the court.
Abigail, despite being close friends with Betty and Mary implies that she would hurt them if they said anything she didn 't agree with to anyone. This, among many of Abigail’s behavior in the story, shows that people will abandon the morals they have
Abigail lies through out the play to save herself. Her dishonesty is proven in this sentence, “No one was naked! You mistake yourself, uncle!” (Miller 9). Abigail lies to her uncle about no one was naked, when really there was.
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. All of you.
in the beginning of the play, the girls surround Betty Parris as she lies inert on her bed, the girls are worried about being blamed for witchcraft. Abigail gets irritated and explains, “ Now look you. All of you. We danced ... Let either of you breathe a word, or the edge of a word, about the other things, and I will come to you in the black of some terrible night and I will bring a pointy reckoning that will shudder you.
By violently smashing Betty across the face and telling her to shut up, it shows the dark side of her. It demonstrates that she is an aggressive person who will go to any length, including hurting others, to keep her own secret hidden. Link: In this scene, Abigail was being very aggressive towards Betty just because she did not want her uncle to know that she drank blood. She hurt Betty in order to keep her quiet.
Abigail forces the girls of Salem to dance in the woods with her to help conjure spirits and make the charm to kill Goody Proctor. Abigail threatens the girls right after Betty took fright by saying, “let either of you breathe a word or the edge of a word about the other things and I will come to you in the black of some terrible night and I will bring a pointy reckoning that will shudder you.” (Miller, 144). Later on as the trials prolong Mary Warren turns on Abby and is telling the court that she lied. When Abigail then accuses Mary of witchcraft she turns back to Abby and obeys her once again.
I do not agree with Ryder's assessment of Abigail. Initially, I think Abigail is selfish and is doing everything for herself so that she can have John Proctor. Abigail says, specifically, "oh, I marvel how such a strong man may let such a sickly wife be -." The quote supports what I think because Abigail wants John. Another one is, she started blaming other people to keep from getting whipped.
A dynamic character like Abigail has lied before in the past and now has experiences something more sinister which is unique for a character in the story and makes the plot better with Abigail’s wickedness. Through the Trials of the Salem, the story will always have a person that will stand out when it is mentioned, and Abigail Williams takes the cake of being the most horrific, yet a great character in the story because it isn’t The Crucible without Abigail as being the antagonist and the tension builder. The Village will never forgive of what she did to all the innocent women she has killed. Abigail has shown that she is a very Dynamic character from her emotions, to her actions, and to her experiences she has made in
“To Lucasta” by Richard Lovelace is one of the greatest lyric poems in which the protagonist (young man) explains to his beloved wife why he intends to leave her for a moment and go fight for the country. The core theme of Love is supported by issues of duty and honor in the society. The speaker in the poem explicitly expresses his love and adoration for Lucasta. This is evident through the use of love related words such as “sweet”, “adore”, “embrace” and “dear”. Two types of love are well evident; one is love for understanding that he is honored, and the other is love for the woman in his life.
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.
But they’re speakin’ of witchcraft. Betty’s not witched.” (Miller 462). Abigail feels it would be better to confess to dancing and be whipped than be accused of witchcraft.
