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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Arthur Miller describes the irrational behaviour of people in “all classes”(Miller 7) from Salem, Massachusetts during this time of misdemeanor. Many characters throughout the play incriminate others due to bitterness and jealousy. For instance, Abigail indicted her former lover, John Proctor’s, wife. Ultimately the corrupted men and women of Salem reached their goal of hanging the pure, which leads to hysteria amongst the townsfolk. Although John Proctor begins the play as an ambivalent and uncertain
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Salem village if Abigail Williams and Betty Parris would have told the truth and not accuse the girls of connecting with the devil and practicing witchcraft and served their punishment. Abigail would have been able to stop this if she had not spread the rumor of witchcraft around the village and, also by not making accusations about Tituba being a witch. Because of her blaming Tituba, they know there is more than just one as Tituba says which, makes a panic for Parris. Abigail tells Mrs. Putnam
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Crucible. In The Crucible by Arthur Miller there is a group of girls and one of them in Abigail who is the main antagonist in the story. The group of girls was seen in the woods doing “witchcraft”. Abigail and the girls are accused of witchcraft. The group of girls start to name other women in the town like John Proctor's wife. Abigail picks her mainly because she wants John Proctor for herself since John and Abigail had an affair previously. Now the girls accuse other people in the town to draw less
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individual’s life Abigail Williams shows anger toward several characters. Foremost, her anger is directed at Elizabeth Proctor because she wants John for herself. She also shows anger toward the other girls when they do not follow through with her plot and anger toward Judge Danforth when he questions her in the courtroom. Abigail is angry with the world. She has been dismissed by Elizabeth Proctor for suspicion of having an affair with John, Elizabeth's husband. for this reason, Abigail is angry. She
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can tell there is tension between them. It has been seven months since John had the affair with Abigail and Elizabeth is still being cold. This bugs John because he has been trying to make things right again with his wife. Mary Warren then enters into the house saying that fourteen people have been put in jail and will be hung if they do not confess to witchcraft. John admits that he knows that Abigail and the rest of the girls are faking and Elizabeth says he must go into Salem and tell the court
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3. Abigail uses pathos to appeal to emotion in a way that most of us can relate to. Because Abigail is the mother of John Quincy, she refers to him in a motherly context. This relates to pathos because the tone and language that is very caring. The writer repeats and uses this tone throughout the passage to advise her son. This also makes the letter sound less like a formal and more like a motherly letter. Using the soft motherly tone also evokes emotion to the reader because only someone very close
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characters in the book, Abigail would be the one most to blame. Each character have different
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I will be responding to what Libby Weimer said, “Act Three felt like it solely focused on Abigail and her maniacal doings, but then she just vanishes all of a sudden in Act Four? I was kind of disappointed that Arthur Miller didn't put more detail into Abigail leaving, as she was an important character throughout the acts. The only thing in Act Four that gave us a clue on where Abigail went is when Parris told Danforth and Hawthorne she was gone. "Excellency, I think they be aboard a ship. My daughter
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John before was a farmer who had a very high status. He had a maid named Mary Warren, a wife named Elizabeth and a servant named Abigail. In the beginning, he had an affair with Abigail while Elizabeth was sick. Elizabeth found out a little bit later but when she suspected something she let Abigail go. Abigail wanted to replace Elizabeth that's why she accused Elizabeth of witchcraft. Mary Warren becomes an official of the court to help with the trails of witchcraft. Reverend John doesn’t like Reverend
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