This quote “[…] Let either of you breathe a word and I will come to you in the black of some terrible night and I will bring a pointy reckoning that will shudder you.” Shows her desperation and truly violent mind while she tries to control the mistake she’s made, but to control this mistake she must control those around her who know of it. No one would dare to expose her if they feared so terribly, Abigail uses this to her advantage. At the end of the trials Abigail was beginning to be revealed by townspeople who found out that she was the main accuser. When she found out about this she decided to take all of Parris’ money, and run away from Salem with Tituba. This leaves the reader wondering, but can only assume what will happen to
She was the so called, "Leader of the pack". All the other girls were afraid of her, as shown in Act One, Abigial tells the girls, "And mark this. Let either of you breathe a word, or the edge of a word, about the other things, and I will come to you in the black of some terrible night and I will bring a pointy reckoning that will shudder you." This single statement is enough to convince the other girls to follow her lead. Abigial really ignites the fire by blaming Tituba for "bewitching her".
We danced. And Tituba conjured Ruth Putnam’s dead sisters. And that is all. And mark this. Let either of you breathe a word, or the edge of a word, about other things, and I will come to you in the black of some terrible night and I will bring a pointy reckoning that will shudder you.
Also, both movies have a “leader of the pack”mentality . In The Crucible, the group leader is Abigail Williams, who scares the rest of the girls into lying and accuse the older people in the village. In one scene Abigail says infuriated “Let either of you breathe a word about the other things, and I will bring a pointy reckoning that will shudder you.” In Mean Girls, the leader of the group is Cady, who is in charge of the “plastics” and directs the flow of insults at other kids at the high school. During one scene in the movie, Both Abigail and Cady carry on without any regard to their moral thoughts and, when caught up in the moment, do things that they probably wouldn’t have
For revenge she accused John’s wife, Liz, of being a witch. This is a lot like high school. If you are dating someone and you cheat things will go wrong. A couple things are if you ignore the person you cheated with she can start rumors and get revenge and if you ignore your girl/boyfriend they’ll hate you. I’ll move to more things where revenge is the same in The Crucible and myself in the present time.
Parris caught the girls dancing in the forest. He suspected them of doing witchcraft. He was worried that his reputation would be ruined. 2. Why do the Putnams come to the Parris house?
When Betty and Mary Warren start to get scared and want to tell the adults about their doing, Abigail threatens them: “Now look you… I will come to you in the black of some terrible night… bring a reckoning that will shudder you… I can make you wish you had never seen the sun go down” (Miller 20). This quote tells us that Abigail is showing who is in charge. She has no power at first, but then becomes empowered over the group of girls and maintains that power over them through fear and threats. Abigail, who was once powerless, now has the power to take control of her peers by threatening them to do her
In a fictional work based on the history, we see an enactment of the frenzy. In The Crucible by Arthur Miller Abigail Williams force others to join in witchcraft. She only thinks about her self and she loved John Proctor that’s why she was jealous to his wife Elizabeth Proctor. Abigail Williams also force other girls to obey her words. "Let either of you breathe a word, or the edge of a word about the other things, and I will come to you in the black of some terrible night and I will bring a pointy reckoning that will shudder you.
Overall, I would say that Abigail Williams is the villain of this story. I also think that John Proctor could be said to be a villain in “The Crucible” because he was the one also had an affair with Abigail, but that is only one thing that he did wrong. Abigail did more than one thing wrong therefore that makes her the number one villain of the
One important theme of the play “The Crucible”, written by Arthur Miller, is revenge, as is shown in the jealousy and hatred that turn people in the Puritanical township of Salem against each other, resulting in the deaths of many innocent lives. For such an idea to be made effective to the audience, the playwright chiefly relies on the characterizations of Abigail Williams, the Putnams as well as Reverend Paris, who manipulate the prevalent superstition as well as people’s ignorance to successfully carry out her malicious revenge. Abigail Williams, a strong-minded young woman, is committed to her personal vendetta as she has a strong physical desire for John Procter. She is a vindictive and ruthless character, and will not hesitate to put anyone to death if they stand in her way of revenge. This vindictive hatred from Abigail soon prompts a witch hunt involving many innocent people: “Twelve have already hanged for the same crime.” While many panics, John Procter knows this from the start ; “this is a whore’s vengeance”.