When she confessed it triggered something in Abigail to start a whole parade of blaming people. Tituba is the conductor to spinning the handle of the jack in the box. When the handle is done being spun and toy jack pops out of the small wooden box spreading fear through young kids. As like the jack head popping out Abigail and the girls spread fear through Salem. Abigail is a very dauntless young women who is not afraid to lie to get her way. Abigail and her minions (girls) goal was to get Elizabeth
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witchcraft. These accusations were brought by Abigail Williams and several others girls in the community. While the court of Salem tried determining the credibility of these allegations, many questioned the characters of those accused. Arthur Miller was able to depict that the people of Salem had clear Christian reputations that they wanted to uphold and sustain in their society. In Act 1 and throughout the play, Proctor claims that he never had an affair with Abigail. He wanted to maintain his reputation
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John Proctor was one of the men of power in the play, but as it progressed it was lost due to the wrath of Abigail. He was the the lover of Abigail whenever she worked for him and his wife before she was fired because Elizabeth, his wife, figured out that they were having an affair. One of his first downfalls was whenever he was talking to Elizabeth after Abigail started targeting her for being a witch due to her jealousy of wanting to be with Proctor. Elizabeth accuses him of fretting to accuse
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their hand in the trials. The devious character, Abigail, shows her wicked mind and skill of manipulation in the play so she can get what she wants, John Proctor. The slave, Tituba, gave into the accusations and started the hysteria of the witch trials. The last character that contributed to an entire town’s belief in witches would be Danforth. His stubborn and narrow minded attitude had people dangling from a rope. It is easy to say that Abigail Williams is the triumphant ringleader of the accusers
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named Abigail Williams. Throughout the story he is challenged with the guilt of committing adultery. John Proctor’s personal integrity is challenged in multiple parts of The Crucible. Proctor is challenged by the affair with Abigail, Hale questioning him about his relationship with God, giving up
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names were thrown around by Abigail and Parris to pretect her and the Parris name. Though many people were blamed and hung for "being a witch", one person I believe should not have been accused was Elizabeth Proctor. She was accused of witchcraft by Abigail. Abigail disliked Elizabeth strongly because she was married to John and Abigail loved him. Abigail wanted Elizabeth dead so she wouldn't be in the way of her and John. She never comitted a crime, she knew abigail was after her. "It is her dearest
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Massachusetts in 1692 after two young girls had been acting in alarming and been in physical pain. The physician concluded that the girls were not victims of a physical or mental illness but victims of witchcraft.2. These two girls were Abigail Williams and Betty Parris. Abigail Williams, who was 11 years of age, had a
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believes that when someone tries to act better than other people they feel like the need to put others down by making fun of them. Therefore it can led into bad consequences. In the book, The Crucible by Arthur Miller shows this by the character named Abigail who tried bringing down everybody because of her jealousy, Putman who showed greediness with land, and also in my experience this has happened to a close friend of mine whom was very selfish. The Crucible also can relate to the real world. We’ve
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uphold the idea of “Innocent until proven guilty”. John Proctor has decided to admit that he had committed adultery. John has kicked Abigail out of his and Elizabeth’s service. John says him and Elizabeth asked Abigail to leave, John says it is because what him and Abigail are doing. John starts going to the court, then he decided to admit to what he had done with Abigail. Why did John confess to committing adultery? Reverend Hale has came upon Salem, to join in the court. Hale has came to the Proctors
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One decision can lead to a chain reaction, it’s simple cause and effect. During Act 1 you will understand how the simple decisions of Abigail created an unprecedented amount of commotion in Salem. She began by telling one lie which avalanched into a whole conspiracy against the women of her town, whoever she deemed a witch would have their reputation tarnished and questioned. It’s easy to point to finger at Tituba since she was the one who was leading the rituals in the wood, but it was Abigail's
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