The Crucible Character Analysis : Abigail Williams “A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing”
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SummaryIn any unfavorable situation, we seek a solution and if there is none, then a way out. When one of main characters of Arthur Miller’s The Crucible finds herself in a vulnerable position, she not only manages to escape her problems, but also succeeds in placing the repercussions of her actions on the heads of others. An unmarried and orphaned young woman, Abigail Williams comes from a modest social class. She served in the well-respected Proctor household, but only briefly, as Elizabeth Proctor dismissed her shortly after discovering her husband’s affair with Abigail. With no real buttress of any kind in her life, Abigail only has her good name to lose. The niece of Reverend Parris, Abigail not only fears for her reputation if the word of her relationship with John Proctor were to be known, but also the contempt of her only relative in the town and with him, any chastisements the church may administer. Abigail also fears being an outcast, someone on a rung of society’s ladder that is even lower than her own. With her reputation ruined, she would be forced to live in shame as a so-called harlot.
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- The niece of Reverend Parris, Abigail not only fears for her reputation if the word of her relationship with John Proctor were to be known.
- Abigail is mainly motivated by her need for power and control.
- Abigail faces no single test, as her crucible is presented several times throughout the story, each time with more severe consequences as odds.
- Abigail Williams is crucial character in Miller's play and serves to answer the reader's question, 'How could something like this happen??
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