Examples Of Abigail Evil In The Crucible

“Forgiveness has nothing to do with absolving a criminal off his crime.” Abigail tries to portray as the victim when she should be punished for all the wrongs she has committed. In The Crucible, Abigail is not a victim of her society and should not be executed of her actions due to outside forces because she is a murderer, cheater, and a manipulator.

To demonstrate, Abigail is a murderer. She was the cause for nineteen innocent people to be put to their death. John Proctor says, “I believe she means to murder” (Miller,1201). Proctor states this when Abigail accuses John’s wife, Elizabeth of doing witchcraft upon her using a poppet to cause harm. Elizabeth is Abigail’s enemy because she wants John Proctor all for herself. Abigail thinks that with getting his wife out of the picture she may be able to keep him all to her own, feeling the need to punish her by murdering Elizabeth as she seeks for revenge due to death.

Additionally, Abigail is a very strong deceiver, “We did dance, uncle, and when you leaped out of the bush so suddenly, Betty was frightened and then she fainted.

And there’s the whole of it” (Miller,1130). Stated from Abigail herself she is blankly she is blankly lying to her uncle Reverend Parris about what occurred in the woods. This woman attempts to turn the situation upon her uncle to try to make herself seem innocent upon him to guilt him into being the blame for Betty’s incident. Reverend Parris feels guilt brought upon him from Abigail when she is the one who had the idea to dance with the girls in the woods and drink the chicken’s blood to be able to receive something from the witchcraft they were

committing.
Also, Abigail is a firsthand manipulator. Mary Warren quotes, “She’ll kill me for saying that” (Miller,1180). Warren tries to do the right thing to free Elizabeth, but she must think about the consequences she might encounter when she has turned Abigail in for lying about Elizabeth committing witchcraft. Abigail threatens the girls to manipulate them into doing wrong actions so she won’t be to blame. Mary Warren is an example of one of the girls Abigail manipulated to work for her by putting her life on the line. Abigail threatens Mary to death that if she is ever to betray her she will kill her for finally admitting to the truth.
Over all, Abigail will always want to be seen has the victim of her society and not be blamed for her actions. Forgetting that she has earned her spot as a hated woman of her town by being not only a murderer but also a con artist and manipulator. Just because someone seems innocent does not mean what they say is the truth. If one is to do evil one should be able to be responsible for the evil one has done.