Who Is Abigail Williams In The Crucible

Abigail Williams was one of the main characters of the play and movie, the Crucible. Abigail is one of the main reasons the Salem Witch Trials were a huge thing in 1692. She was the first one to all of a sudden start acting strange, because she had supposable saw the devil, and witnessed others with the devil. All of Salem were strictly ordered to worship god, and to know all commendments of the bible. So worshipping or even being seen with the devil was considered a crime in Salem. All were to be hanged if they broke the rules, and not confessing to their wrong doings. Abigail was a cold hearted teenage girl and would lie through her teeth to save her own self. She stated that she saw a lot of people with the devil which never were. Abigail also had an afair with a married man named John Proctor. John Proctor was hanged at the end along with his wife because of Abigail Williams.

She had a whole clan of girls that would follow and do the same things as she would do. Abigail would act like she saw the devil and the girls would do the same. Abigail Williams had threatened these girls before that if they were to tell on her for drinking blood or speak of anything that had happened in the forest that she would ruin their lives forever until the day they were dead. The girls along with Abigail Williams started loving all the attention they were getting. They also enjoyed confessing others that never were even in the forest with the devil, and having them be hanged at their own will. It was fine with them because they were saving themselves from death. No one caught on for a super long time, lives were being taken away every day. More and more innocent people were being hanged or crushed with weight and stones until their lungs couldn’t take it so they would suficate and