The Crucible

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of one of these crucial characters the Salem Witch Trials would be altered immensely.
Abby Williams was the radical in society. Abby wanted to change how religion controlled society. Since she believed the society she lived in was hypocritical. Abby gives a short insight of her radical beliefs in Act 2 Scene 2. In this small scene Abby shows what aspires her.
"I saw them ­ all walking like saints to church,
running to feed the sick, and hypocrites in
their hearts! And God gave me strength to call
them liars, and by God I will scrub the world
clean for the love of Him!" (p. 150)

One example of the society's hypocrisy is how Procter doesn’t want his wife to die and at the same time he had an affair with Abby. Abby had this vision and went for it in a radical fashion. She decided she would play the role as the leader in obliterating all that were "evil." She wanted the society to change and tomorrow was too late, that is why she decided to dispatch all the main "evil" people to ...

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she is an extremely guile creature. Since she is probably ffb lying Miller’s analysis is probably true. The statement can only be seen as "probably" because there is no way to prove Abby was communicating with spirits. Still Miller believes that Abby was beguiling the town as a whole. Abby and her sly nature allowed her to gain power, which she used to control the town.

Danforth was another character that had lots of power in the play. Danforth’s problem with his power is that he uses his power to protect his position and status. Since Danforth is a judge he should judge impartially and he should admit his mistakes. He should especially admit his mistakes when it comes between ...

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