Abigail In The Crucible

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John Proctor witnessed something that faithful night in the virgin woods which would cause Salem to erupt in a mass of panic and change the lives of many it was witchcraft. In the spring of 1692 in the lovely town of salem, massachusetts john Proctor witnessed the abomination of witchcraft in the Virgin forest which would later cause mass amounts of accusations against all sorts of characters in Salem. In Act two Abigail frames Mrs. Proctor on the account of witchcraft by evidence of the poppet with the pin in the stomach was a gift given by Mary Warren. Although mary could be in it with Abigail to frame elizabeth she is not on the account of she had no idea Abigail was gonna stab herself to make it look like it was done on the poppet, she's scared of Abigail’s power, and she didn't know what she got herself into. Mary overall is a good girl doing what shes told and going to church on sundays up until she is caught in the woods dancing and using witchcraft. Mary says she was only looking but is quick to admit to witchcraft for the fear of getting hanged for example “Abby,we’ve got to tell, witchery’s a hangin’ error, a hangin’ like they done in boston two year ago!” afterwards she has a couple of false accusations on over people in the town but soon realize that what she was doing with Abigail was wrong and …show more content…

She wasn't aware of what she got herself into, wasn't aware Abigail would use the poppet to accuse Elizabeth of witchcraft when it was mainly just a gift, and she wasn't aware of the power Elizabeth was gonna have till she was already an unwitting part of her scheme. In conclusion Mary is just not the type of person to willing frame Elizabeth of witchcraft, she might have earlier but she realized that it was wrong and her intention of just giving the poppet as a gift was just,but was taken advantaged of in act two by the finnish

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