Abigail Williams

Abigail WILLIAMS

Abigail Williams is the antagonist of the book. Abigail was an intelligent vengeful, selfish, manipulative, and a magnificent liar. She is described as "seventeen with a remarkable capacity for dissembling". Her goal is to steal Elizabeth Proctor's husband John Proctor and tries to get Elizabeth killed in the Salem witch trials which began because of her.All these things add up to make her an awesome antagonist.

In Act 1, we learn that the Reverend Parris saw Betty and her niece, Abigail, dancing in the forest with his slave, Tituba , the night before . When he asks questions about what he saw, Abigail denies that her or Betty are involved in witchcraft, but admits they were dancing in the forest with Tituba. Later, Abigail threatens to hurt the other girls if they speak to anything of what they happened in the forest. We also learn that John Proctor has cheat on his wife with Abigail. When the Reverend Hale arrives at the house of Parris Abigail changes his story and began to accuse Tituba have called the Devil. But we know that when they dance in the forest it is Abigail who made witchcraft by drinking blood. Tituba, surprised by this accusation, and denies but finally confessed under pressure. She begins to to accuse women to be «witches" in the village. It is from this moment that women are going to be accused of being witches.

But Abigail Williams was a real person. The historical person was a little bit different than the fictional character. She was born in 12 July, 1680 and she was only 11 years old. In realty she don’t know John Protor because they lived at eighteen kilometers from each other. So any relationship between them was impossible.She knows for to be an initial accusers in the Salem witch trials. She accused more than 150 person to be a witches.

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