While she does not consider herself as the problem throughout the majority of the play, Abigail Williams proves to be the negative influence in The Crucible. Abigail’s problem goes back to her parents being “killed by Indians”(page 148).She feels that it is everyone’s fault this is why she is angry and heartless. She did not get that much affection or “love” growing up. John loving her or “having her” is a different change for her because she has never felt this way or been in this situation before she is attached. John feels horrible for putting his wife through all he has and he now wants to cut off the affair, Abigail on the other hand is not ready for it to end.
She had no remorse in doing this. She also blackmailed most of the men she prostituted herself with for her own benefit. Cathy mentally destroyed many people like her English teacher who she mentally tortured so much that committed suicide. Cathy is a vulgar woman who lacks everything but corruption and her evilness is
She is not afraid to manipulate her friends and family and does not seem to have a regard for people close to her. One of the biggest manipulative and probably most uncaring thing she did was when she gave her old lover Ejlert Lovberg a gun to kill himself when he found out his manuscript was gone, and told him to kill himself beautifully. However unlike Hedda who was complex, condescending and not satisfied with life, Chandara was a simple, easily amused and
THE CRUCIBLE Character analysis Abigail Williams – Abigail Williams is an orphan, unmarried but has an affair with married man John Proctor. From the start of the play Abigail is a villain, she tells lies and manipulates everyone to fit her own little world, all so she gets her way, to get revenge on Elizabeth Proctor. Throughout the hysteria Abigail is driven by sexual desire, lust for power and jealousy. All of the young girls in Salem have no authority, the minister and other male adults are God’s representatives. The trials start, in which the girls act as though they have a direct connection to God, led by the now powerful Abigail.
Desdemona as a Tragic Heroine When one considers the play Othello, Othello stands out as the tragic hero. He is not, however, the only one. To be a tragic hero, a character has to be suffering worse than he deserves, isolated from society, defeated at the end of the story, sacrificed for a cause, or have a tragic flaw. Desdemona is one character in Othello with some of these characteristics. Desdemona is a tragic heroine because her suffering is not proportional to her mistakes, she is overcome by forces she cannot control, and she is sacrificed for the benefit of others.
An image they associated her with. Thus, leading the townspeople to accept her actions as part of her grieving. This also allowed Emily's mental state to go unchecked and further escalate to murder. The towns officials never resolved the caused by Emily Grierson directly with her. Especially those that would link her to Homer’s disappearance.
Immoral acts result in destruction when tempted with ambition and inability to act on the righteous conscience. Some of the many consequences include guilt and regret. In Shakespeare’s tragedy Macbeth, and Mister Pip, written by Lloyd Jones, the characters are hungry for power and their own profit, which only results in mixed emotions of guilt and revenge and eventually, their downfall. Both writers use the theme of ambition and consequences of immoral acts as a conflict and advancement in plot, as their characters carry out impulsive behaviour thinking of only their own profit. As shown by Lloyd Jones and William Shakespeare in their respective novels, too much ambition for power and not being able follow one’s conscience leads to immoral acts that result in nothing but regret and guilt.
Mike McCracken American Literature Who is to blame? In The Crucible, the character Abigail Williams is to blame for the 1692 witch trials. Abigail is a mean and vengeful person who always wants her way, no matter who she hurts. Throughout the play her accusations and lies cause many people pain and suffering, but she seemed to never care for any of them except John Proctor, whom she had an affair with seven months prior to the beginning of the play. John Proctor and his wife Elizabeth had employed Abigail, until Elizabeth found out the affair and threw Abigail out.
She gets jealous when Proctor leaves her to go back to his wife, Elizabeth. Because of this, Abigail, a few other girls from the village, and a servant from the Caribbean named Tituba dance around in an order that they believe will kill Proctor's wife. When Abigail is questioned about this, she denies everything. She is desperate to not to get caught. While lying with Betty, she warns the other girls, “If anyone breathe a word or the edge of a word about the other things, I will come to you in the black of some terrible night” ().
The other reason that this quotation is significant is because it reveals the theme of not judging people too soon. Mrs.Dubose acted very mean to everybody. She hated kids(like Jem and Scout), and she even hated Atticus when he was just trying to talk to her. Because Jem and Scout didn't know about Mrs.Dubose's addition to morphine, and they had no idea how much pain Mrs.Dubose suffered. So they thought that Mrs.Dubose was the"meanest woman ever lived".