Abigail Williams Interview Essay

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I just got the scoop from Abigail Williams when I went and visited Salem Massachusetts. Salem is a very small town in northern Massachusetts. While me and my crew were visiting we saw Abigail so we just asked her if we could interview her. I personally do not believe in witches, but my goal was to just see is she was lying about what she said in the interview. Abigail was pretty straightforward with me and the crew and was relentless about her answers, she never said that she did believe in witches, and all she did say was that she could seek revenge from them. Abigail, 17, is a female from Salem Massachusetts. She told me that she is related to Reverend Parris and that he is her uncle and, Betty is Reverend's daughter. Being related to Parris was very important to her because he was well looked upon in Salem because he was a minister …show more content…

When Abigail found out that the girls in the forest were participating in witchcraft she felt uncomfortable knowing that the girls were trying to be a witch. The reason the girls said that were dancing in the forest was because Tituba forced them to. By drinking the chicken's blood, she thought that she could possibly kill Goody Proctor and that's all the she wanted out of it. Drinking the chicken's blood did nothing to Goody Proctor and did nothing to benefit Abigail. If Goody Proctor ever found out that she slept with John Proctor (her husband) Goody would be upset with John for having an affair and, she would try to accuse Abigail of being a witch. The problems Abigail has with John is that she slept with him and his wife still does not know about it until he gets accused of being charged with

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