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In The Crucible Abigail accuses Elizabeth of witchcraft.
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.
It was easier for her to place the blame on a woman who isn't like the rest of the townsfolk, seeing as she came from barbados, which was known for the practice of voodoo.
revenge
In the beginning, Mary agrees to go with John Proctor and testify against Abigail in court, but then when actually in court, she flakes under pressure and accuses Proctor of witchcraft and joins Abigail once again.
In The Crucible Abigail accuses Elizabeth of witchcraft.
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.
In his introduction to the play how does miller explain what really motivated the people of Salem to accuse their neighbors about witchcraft?
Abigail confesses to witchcraft to save herself
It was easier for her to place the blame on a woman who isn't like the rest of the townsfolk, seeing as she came from barbados, which was known for the practice of voodoo.
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.
revenge
In the beginning, Mary agrees to go with John Proctor and testify against Abigail in court, but then when actually in court, she flakes under pressure and accuses Proctor of witchcraft and joins Abigail once again.
They want revenge
The first to accuse Tituba was Betty Parris. The other three girls who were afflicted in the beginning, Abigail Williams, Ann Putnam and Elizabeth Hubbard, also accused Tituba.
They were released from jail. This was the case for Abigail and Deliverance Hobbs as well as Tituba.
she does this so it doesn't get back to her that she is the true witch and not these other people.