Abigail's Power In The Crucible

How did Walt Disney empower himself to create the multimillion dollar franchise known today? Walt was fired from a news paper company for not being creative enough; however, he did not let the obstacle get to him. By being fired, he enhanced his drive to succeed even further. Just like in The Crucible, Abigail wants to empower herself within the town on Salem. Because she is a young girl, she possessed very little authority and respect towards herself and wanted to change the way people viewed her. Author Arthur Miller used the relevance of the Red Scare during the 1940’s-1950’s and connected it to the events during the Salem Witch trials. McCarthy, a powerful figure during the Red Scare, took his platform and used it to convict innocent American

Abigail easily transformed the naive town of Salem into her own personal hub of power. To gain the attention of the judge, she threatens, “Let you beware…that the power of Hell may not turn your wits?” (Miller 100). Through the firmness of her diction, she shows the judge that she is the one who has the power, because she is the one who knows who the witches are. She changes the entire political status of the town by having a women be on top. The diction serves purposeful to convince others into believing that she is empowered to stop the workings of the devil in Salem and is one of the few who can accurately do so. Not only does her diction transform the town but also prompts her friends to conceal their secrets. As directed to convince her friends she specifies, “Now look you…We danced. And Tituba conjured Ruth Putnam’s dead sisters. And that is all” (Miller 19). Abigail is presented as the “leader” of the girls who initiated the Salem Witch Trials. With her strong diction she showed that she was in-charge and they had to follow her commands. It was important that Arthur made her a fierce girl because it is more believable that she was capable of accomplishing her deeds. Similarly, through out the Red Scare, McCarthy had to be assertive and strong willed in order to gain he trust of the whole country into believing what he says. The words of Abigail is important

Reliable tone helps Abigail to gain followers in her conquest of power in the town of Salem.In the narration that Arthur Miller uses to describe the characters actions as they are talking, he writes, “innocently” when addressing a phrase that Abigail said (Miller 10). By being the niece of Parris, she is already seen as a trustworthy. Adding to her advantage, she is also perceived as an innocent girl within the town. With both of these characteristics, it is easy to identify how effortless it was to gain power within Salem. Purposefully, the tone of Abigail displays her as a victim that is trying to get justice for what has happened to her rather than the one imposing the harm on others. Not only does it help her gain followers, but it helps Abigail carry out her motives of gaining power by having people not second guess her decisions. As argued to Danforth, Abigail declares, “I have seen my blood runnin’ out!… and this is my reward? To be mistrusted…”(Miller 100). Since it is established that Abigail has already experienced the devil first hand, she gains the dependability Salem needed in their accusations. Giving a first hand source allows the town to accept the idea that witch craft is a real problem that needs to be stoped. As seen in the Red Scare, McCarthy used his ability to convict anyone he wanted. Through the convictions, Americans gained in his following