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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The Crucible, who was seen as a highly renowned man in his society, saw error in his ways despite his affair with Abigail. He knew what he did was far from forgivable and acknowledged himself as a sinner. Even despite the fact that he cheated on his wife, Elizabeth still saw him as a man of justice and honor and pleaded with him to end the trouble that he inadvertently started with Abigail. Elizabeth says, “Then go and tell her she’s a whore. Whatever promise she may sense--break it, John, break it
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Hale he totally changed his conduct. Another way the book and motion picture were comparative was when Mary Warren endeavors to tell the court Abigail was lying. The young ladies take after Abigail's case by looking and indicating at a "yellow fledgling". Mary Warren hollered for Abigail to stop Abigail and the young ladies would mirror Mary. Abigail
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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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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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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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John Proctor whose married to Elizabeth Proctor has an affair with Abigail Williams. She had been John’s wife’s servant before Mrs.Proctor released her of her duty. Reverend Parris had discovered multiple girls dancing in the forest as a woman named tituba chanted words over the fire. After the dancing a couple of the girls became ill. Mr. Parris asked ms. abigail if she and the others were conjuring spirits. Abigail responded to Mr. Parris stating that they only danced
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court treats Abigail Williams, Mary Warren, and Martha Corey. In act 3, we also see that the court is making decisions blindly. They believe almost anything the girls say, without any proof to back it up. I think that this irrational decision making, is coming from the amount hysteria in the town. The court is so set on finding an answer, they don’t care what is truth or not. We see in act 3, that hysteria is making people believe things that are clearly fake. On page 1205, Abigail is in the courtroom
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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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