Abigail screams back as she hits Betty across the face “don’t you ever say that again…shut it” (131-132). Later, Abigail is confronted by Betty as she screams at her for drinking blood. With Abigail threatening them, she sets the stage for what is to happen, a wild witch hunt. This set the girls on a path of no return, because now they were in too deep. I will come to you in the black of the night” (Miller 113). And to Tituba conjured Ruth Putnam’s dead sisters. Abigail commands to the girls on what to say to the community and threatens them, “….we danced. Abigail led the girls to dance naked in the woods, and was the first one to accuse Tituba of witchcraft. She was the ring leader of the other teenage girls in the town. This culture of chasing demons and placing blame is responsible for the tragedies that unfold.Ībigail Williams started the events that led the Salem Witch Trials. Together, these three characters represent the culture in the town. Two other men play an instrumental role in what unfolds in the story Judge Dan Danforth and Thomas Putman. However, she is just a child who does not have the moral decision making skills of an adult.

Abigail is selfish, manipulative, and concerned only with your own image. She is the first one to make an accusation and led the girls on their lying rampage. In the play The Crucible by Arthur Miller it is very easy to cast all the blame on Abigail Williams for the events surrounding the Salem Witch Trials.

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