Crucible Essay

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In the Arthur Miller created a very malicious character named Abigail Williams. Abigail Williams plays a big part in The Crucible. She doesn't want to take blame for anything and would rather other people die than for her reputation to be ruined. She dances naked in the woods with other girls and gets caught and then she starts to accuse people of with craft. She is a very evil and mean person. She has an affair with John Proctor and tries to get his wife killed so she can be with him. Proctor begins to hat her and views her as a whore. She accuses Elizabeth Procter of committing witchcraft because she wants to have Elizabeth killed so she can be with john although john does not like her anymore. She is very selfish and cares only about herself. In the beginning she was worried that her reputation would be ruined because she had been dancing in the woods and drinking blood so she began to blame everyone but herself. She didn't like Salem and she wanted revenge. Because of her many people were killed and lost their lives because of her selfishness. She loved herself and thought of no one but herself. She tried to act like she was right with God and accuse others of being with the devil when really she was the one who was not with God. She blames everyone but herself and would much rather other people die then to have a bad reputation. She acts like peoples spirits attack her and get other girls caught up in it. She denies her affair with john proctor and lies about a lot of other things. She is very evil, selfish and manipulating.


Evil, manipulating, and dishonest are things that describe Abigail Williams. She doesn't want to ruin her reputation and will do anything to save it because she is very selfish. At first she comes off as a good person to the town and they like her but towards the end they have turned on her and started to see all the wrong in her. You never really know what to expect of Abigail because she changes her position towards people constantly. In the beginning she loves John but then later she tries to have his wife killed and ends up getting her put in jail. Also as soon as she found out that Mary Warren was telling the truth she started to turn on her to.
Abigail Williams could be compared to an ipod. With an ipod at first glance you just see the outside and you don't know all the things it has on the inside until you turn it on. When its turned on it has music, videos, photos, and can be used for many different things. A similarity between an ipod and Abigail Williams is when you put the songs on the ipod on shuffle. When your ipods on shuffle your not really sure what songs going to come on next and what its going to play. This relates to Abigail because you never really know what to expect with her because she comes up with new lies and evil things all the time. Another way an ipod can relate to Abigail is that some people like Abigail while others dont. This relates to an ipod because some people might like one ipod that has certain music on it but another person might hate the music that is on that ipod. An ipod can represent teenagers because almost all teenagers are into the latest technology and music and a lot of teenagers own an ipod. Abigail also represents teenagers in the book because a lot of the follow her and what she does. Another similarity between an ipod and Abigail is that they both could be used for evil. Abigail is evil for the things that she does but an ipod could represent evil because some people steal music to put on their ipods. I think the author portrayed Abigail this way because so many people are like her. It seems that everyone only cares about themselves and their reputations. People can be really cruel and there are a lot of people like Abigail out there.
Abigail is a very evil person and ruins many people lives. She is manipulating and cruel. As you get further in reading the book you realize more and more how Abby only cares for herself. She wants things to go her way and to get what she wants and she will go about doing it anyway. Its hard to tell what she will do next because she is very unpredictable. Just when you think that maybe shes done enough and will stop she takes it a step farther and does something even worse.