has out threw the town. And what she can do with that power she has now. Abigail decision puts fear in people life. She tells the girls, “Let either one of you breathe a word, or the edge of a word, about the other thing, and I will come to you in the black of some terrible night and I will bring a pointy reckoning that will shudder you!” (1268) Telling them that she would kill them puts fear in all of the girls heart. Abigail gains power every time she speaks. The lies she spits out are so convincing
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biggest sins was having an affair with Abigail Williams, which he eventually admitted to. This inevitably unraveled the whole story, and heavily weighed into the reason for his death. Had he not had a relationship with Abigail, Elizabeth Proctor would had never been accused of witchcraft. The act of adultery however, is not a tragic flaw. A flaw is a mere imperfection, not an act whose punishment was often death. When John Proctor cheated on his wife with Abigail Williams, it was not because of a flaw
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yourself or, you might turn and run Another example and an example from the Crucible is anger, Abigail was angry of being accused of witchcraft so she accused others. However, there are a lot more examples of fear in the play, I will be talking about these main three. In The Crucible, there is a variety of fear. For example, Reverend Parris is afraid of losing his reputation, even if not everyone likes him. Abigail, Rev. Parris’s niece, is scared that her and Mr. Proctor’s affer will be discovered so,
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Abigail Williams Of the major characters, Abigail is the least complex. She is clearly the villain of the play, more so than Parris or Danforth: she tells lies, manipulates her friends and the entire town, and eventually sends nineteen innocent people to their deaths. Throughout the hysteria, Abigail’s motivations never seem more complex than simple jealousy and a desire to have revenge on Elizabeth Proctor. The language of the play is almost biblical, and Abigail seems like a biblical character—a
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really are these two mediums in The Crucible? Despite the altering of some elements of scenes in the movie version of The Crucible, characters tended to remain more similar than they did different. One example of this is portrayed in the character of Abigail Williams.
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wife and mother. Abigail pulls initially on the heartstrings due to her parents' horrible death, forcing her to live with her uncle who is a reverend. Abigale is a lying, manipulative, deceitful and just all
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word "Hysteria" is greek, meaning "Uterus". This is due to the fact that women are viewed as the weaker gender. The play, "The Crucible" by Arthur Miller is about a mistress name Abigail Williams what wants John Proctor to be her lover for life, but Mr. Proctor would not leave his wife, Elizabeth Proctor, for her. So, Abigail seeks vengeance
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something to you can just accuse them of witchcraft and without evidence it actually works 3-tituba- reverent Parris slave, accused of trying to conjure dead spirits Abigail- 17-year-old niece of Parris, affair with proctor, control the girls involve in the witch trial Betty- teenage daughter of Parris, afraid of Abigail, fakes that she is under a spell 4-putnam send her daughter Ruth with Tituba to conjure the death of her mother seven death kids
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as: John Proctor, Abigail, and Reverend Parris. In the book Crucible by Arthur Miller, one of the main characters that happens to be concerned about their reputation is Abigail. From the start, Abigail had a vendetta against Elizabeth Proctor. In the Crucible, by Miller, Abigail states to Proctor, “She is blackening my name in
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characters had dissimilar motivates to falsely accuse others of witchcraft. For example: Abigail Williams who is a huge part of the novel, her motivations were: staying out of trouble and taking Elizabeth Proctor place. While, Thomas Putnam was motivated to accuse others of witchcraft, because of his greediness and selfishness. Lastly, Mary Warren accused others with the motivations of fear from Abigail. Abigail who is fair to name as the evilness
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