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What does Abigail do when people begin to suspect that she might be pretending of witchcraft?
When people begin to suspect that Abigail is pretending about witchcraft, she becomes increasingly defensive and manipulative. She tries to shift the blame onto others, particularly targeting those she sees as threats, like Elizabeth Proctor. Abigail also uses her influence over the other girls to maintain control and create a sense of fear, ensuring that they support her claims and accusations to divert attention from herself. Ultimately, she resorts to intimidation and deceit to protect her own interests.
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What was everything Abigail Williams did bad in The Crucible?
Abigail falsely accused people of witchcraft. She and her friends all pretended to be bewitched and then falsely identified people they didn't like or people who weren't trusted in the community and being responsible for her bewitchment.
What was Abigail Williams most famous for?
Abigail Williams is most famous for being one of the people that accused people of being witches in Salem. The Salem Witch Trials of 1692 lead to the arrest of 150 innocent people. Abigail Williams is knows for being the first person to accuse someone of witchcraft.
Why is danforth suspicious of Mary Warren?
Abigail is saying that she is doing God's work by pointing out the devil's people and now she is getting accused that she is pretending. Then Abigail says that Mary Waren is sending her spirit out in the court right know (by creating a cold draft) on her and the other kids. The other kids are all following Abigail's lead and they too are accusing Mary Warren of witchcraft. Danforth is suspicious of Mary Warren and John Proctor because he believes Abigail and the other girls that Mary Warren might be a witch because all the girls are under Mary Warren's spirit.
What was Abigail Williams job?
Abigail's job was to incite trouble. Abigail Williams was the girl who started the Salem Witch Trials by pretending to be bewitched, and so named various people (most of whom, at least in the beginning, where family rivals and whom hated the Williams family).
Why has John Proctor become the court's last hope to save its credibility?
Abigail told just him how they were only dancing in the woods and that no witchcraft was going on. So that shows that she is a liar and therefore is falsely accusing people of witchcraft.
How many people were acussed of witchcraft by Abigail?
Abigail Williams was a real person but also a main character in the play, The Crucible by Arthur Miller. She accused three women of witchcraft.
What happened to the people who confessed to practicing witchcraft during the Salem witchcraft trials?
They were released from jail. This was the case for Abigail and Deliverance Hobbs as well as Tituba.
In the crucible who is the first person to actually mention names?
In "The Crucible," the first person to mention names of people involved in witchcraft is Abigail Williams. She accuses Tituba of witchcraft and then begins to name other people in the community whom she claims to have seen with the devil.
What was everything Abigail Williams did bad in The Crucible?
Abigail falsely accused people of witchcraft. She and her friends all pretended to be bewitched and then falsely identified people they didn't like or people who weren't trusted in the community and being responsible for her bewitchment.
What was Abigail Williams most famous for?
Abigail Williams is most famous for being one of the people that accused people of being witches in Salem. The Salem Witch Trials of 1692 lead to the arrest of 150 innocent people. Abigail Williams is knows for being the first person to accuse someone of witchcraft.
Why is danforth suspicious of Mary Warren?
Abigail is saying that she is doing God's work by pointing out the devil's people and now she is getting accused that she is pretending. Then Abigail says that Mary Waren is sending her spirit out in the court right know (by creating a cold draft) on her and the other kids. The other kids are all following Abigail's lead and they too are accusing Mary Warren of witchcraft. Danforth is suspicious of Mary Warren and John Proctor because he believes Abigail and the other girls that Mary Warren might be a witch because all the girls are under Mary Warren's spirit.
What was Abigail Williams job?
Abigail's job was to incite trouble. Abigail Williams was the girl who started the Salem Witch Trials by pretending to be bewitched, and so named various people (most of whom, at least in the beginning, where family rivals and whom hated the Williams family).
Why has John Proctor become the court's last hope to save its credibility?
Abigail told just him how they were only dancing in the woods and that no witchcraft was going on. So that shows that she is a liar and therefore is falsely accusing people of witchcraft.
Why don't people stand up to Abigail In the crucible?
In "The Crucible," people hesitate to stand up to Abigail Williams due to fear of her manipulative power and the consequences of defying her. Abigail is capable of inciting hysteria and turning the townsfolk against anyone who opposes her, as she wields the influence of the court and the townspeople's fears of witchcraft. Additionally, the pervasive atmosphere of paranoia and the potential for severe repercussions, including accusations of witchcraft, deter individuals from challenging her authority. This creates a cycle of silence and complicity that allows Abigail to maintain control.
How did people start to suspect Witchcraft?
The witchcraft were suspected because people at the time were so dumb that they started to wonder where the sun went at night, but at morning it was back there again. This made them think that maybe there is something that is controlling the world behind us, with incredible powers beneath it. Catholic church started to suspect witchcraft mostly women, they hated witch that they ended up persecuting them ( first country to persecute - Scotland )
What if witchcraft had never been created?
Witchcraft was never "created." People have always been able to work with the natural energies around them to shape the world. That is, in essence, witchcraft. I suspect if it was never discovered that humans had this wonderful ability our species would have died out long ago.
Why has reverend parris sent for a doctor as the play begins in the crucible?
Because his daughter was pretending to be sick, due to the fact that she believed that she would get in trouble for "calling" to boys. and people are claiming the girls peformed witchcraft.
