The Cruicxble
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Abigail Williams
- is Parris's niece
- raised as an orphan after her parents were killed by Indians
- used to work for the Proctors until Elizabeth found out Abigail and John were having an affair
- is in love with John Proctor
- 17years old
- brilliant actor and persuading the other girls to follow her into blaming anyone being a 'witch'
- is controlling, intimidating, charismatic, good liar, selfish, manipulative
- is a 'whore, witch, harlot'
- she is the one that starts the accusations of witchcraft
- at the end of the book she runs away with Parris's money with Mary Lewis and ends up being a prostitute in Boston
- She convinces young women to dance in the dark forest (a sinful act by puritan standards)
- She practices voodoo in an attempt to win back her lover, John Proctor
- She feigns demonic possession, luring the rest of the girls to behave the same way
- She plants evidence of witchcraft in Elizabeth Proctor's home, hoping to send her to the gallows
- She manipulates the judges and denies having a relationship with Proctor
- The trials, then, in which the girls are allowed to act as though they have a direct connection to God, empower the previously powerless Abigail
- vindictive when crossed
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Emotions
- feels remorse for John
- satisfied with her destruction she caused onto the people she didn't like
- end of the book she was off and on the run, being scared to be discovered by the people of Salem who she caused the destruction onto
- simple jealousy and a desire to have revenge on Elizabeth Proctor
- driven only by sexual desire and a lust for power
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A monologue on Abigail
Shut up! All of you. We danced. That is all, and mark this, if anyone breathe a word or the edge of a word about the other things, I will come to you in the black of some terrible night, and I will bring with me a pointy reckoning that will shudder you! And you know I can do it. I saw Indians smash my dear parents’ heads on the
Abigail Williams
- is Parris's niece
- raised as an orphan after her parents were killed by Indians
- used to work for the Proctors until Elizabeth found out Abigail and John were having an affair
- is in love with John Proctor
- 17years old
- brilliant actor and persuading the other girls to follow her into blaming anyone being a 'witch'
- is controlling, intimidating, charismatic, good liar, selfish, manipulative
- is a 'whore, witch, harlot'
- she is the one that starts the accusations of witchcraft
- at the end of the book she runs away with Parris's money with Mary Lewis and ends up being a prostitute in Boston
- She convinces young women to dance in the dark forest (a sinful act by puritan standards)
- She practices voodoo in an attempt to win back her lover, John Proctor
- She feigns demonic possession, luring the rest of the girls to behave the same way
- She plants evidence of witchcraft in Elizabeth Proctor's home, hoping to send her to the gallows
- She manipulates the judges and denies having a relationship with Proctor
- The trials, then, in which the girls are allowed to act as though they have a direct connection to God, empower the previously powerless Abigail
- vindictive when crossed
-
Emotions
- feels remorse for John
- satisfied with her destruction she caused onto the people she didn't like
- end of the book she was off and on the run, being scared to be discovered by the people of Salem who she caused the destruction onto
- simple jealousy and a desire to have revenge on Elizabeth Proctor
- driven only by sexual desire and a lust for power
-
A monologue on Abigail
Shut up! All of you. We danced. That is all, and mark this, if anyone breathe a word or the edge of a word about the other things, I will come to you in the black of some terrible night, and I will bring with me a pointy reckoning that will shudder you! And you know I can do it. I saw Indians smash my dear parents’ heads on the