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The Crucible - Online Term Paper

The Crucible

“I am a good girl. I’m proper” (1057). Abigail Williams said these words in defense of her actions. Is she good and proper? In by Arthur Miller, Abigail lied about other characters, saying that they were witches and had sold their souls to Satan. This was not the start, but it was a very important piece of the story: the story of Abigail’s evil nature.
Abigail Williams worked as a mid-wife for the Proctor’s. While working as a mid-wife to Elizabeth Proctor, Abigail started having an affair with Elizabeth’s husband John. In the mean time, Elizabeth Proctor suspected the affair. Her suspicion led to Abigail’s dismissal from the Proctor’s household. John Proctor stopped his ...

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more of Elizabeth, so she could have Proctor all to herself. She drank blood, the charm, and danced in the woods as a means of witchcraft to end Elizabeth’s life.
Abigail said:
I want to open myself! I want the light of God, I want the sweet love of Jesus! I danced for the Devil; I saw him; I wrote in his book; I go back to Jesus; I kiss his hand. I saw Sarah Good with the Devil! I saw Goody Osborn with the Devil! I saw Bridget Bishop with the Devil! (1060)

She wanted to take the focus off of her own actions of drinking blood and dancing in the woods, therefore she accused others in the village of being with the Devil. The others girls that were in the woods dancing and keeping company with Abigail, then started to follow her lead. They named and accused several more people in the village for being with the devil. In other words, if they pointed their fingers at others in the village, then they were not thought of as being evil themselves.
Abigail, the ring leader, and ...

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Added: 7/9/2007 08:38:11 AM
Category: Arts
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