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The Crucible; Disturbing acts in The Crucible

Uploaded by kelizabeth on Sep 04, 2008

People will do almost anything in desperate times- Break promises, lie, cheat, steal…. But Abigail Williams takes the cake as far as reckless actions in desperate times when she sticks a needle into herself to try and frame Elizabeth Procter as a witch. Abigail Williams needs attention so badly that she will go as far as self mutilation, among many other disturbing acts, against anyone who gets in her way towards that goal of attention and whatever else she has her mind set on.
Abigail Williams and John Procter had a secret affair long before the mess of the Witch Trials began. In fact; their affair is what began Abigail’s hunt for revenge on Procter. John and Abigail were caught by Elizabeth Procter in the midst of their affair; now however, Abigail wishes to continue their affair but John refuses, understanding that what he did was wrong. Abigail now wishes to seek revenge and take Elizabeth Procter completely out of the picture- it can be seen that she is willing to do just about anything to achieve this throughout Act II. The amount of risk she takes and the amount of lies she tells to the entire town is extremely disconcerting.
While in court one day, Mary Warren is sitting next to Abigail making a rag doll (also called a poppet) and Abigail inserts a needle into the stomach of this doll. Mary warren then proceeds to give the doll to Elizabeth Procter. Some days later, Abigail sits to have dinner with Reverend Parris and a needle is found in her stomach. Immediately Abigail accuses a Elizabeth Procter using the doll that Mary Warren had made and given to Elizabeth as evidence of what we now know as ‘voo-doo’. When Ezekiel Cheever comes to the Procter household to arrest Elizabeth, he finds the doll and the needle and explains to Elizabeth and John that, “The girl, the Williams girl, Abigail Williams, sir. She sat down to dinner in Reverend Parris’s house tonight, and without a word nor warnin’ she falls to the floor. Struck like a beast he says, and screamed that a bull would weep to hear. And he goes...

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Uploaded by:   kelizabeth

Date:   09/04/2008

Category:   Literature

Length:   3 pages (602 words)

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