the crucible
...ever seen the sun go down! Now, you – sit up and stop this!”(Page 1044) This shows how Abigail acts around her own friends, ordering and threatening. Abigail also causes hysteria with her friends by accusing people of witchcraft. When Abigail accuses someone, the other girls immediately join in and start accusing. Abigail, showing her manipulative self, states, “I saw Sarah Good with Devil! I saw Goody Osburn with the Devil! I saw Bridget Bishop with the Devil!” (Page 1060) After Abigail started accusing, the other girls shouted out random names as well. Abigail uses a different personality on John Proctor, a married farmer who made the mistake of committing adultery with Abigail. Throughout the play Abigail shows her affection for John. She also had lost her virginity to him which would explain her obsession for Proctor. When with Proctor alone, Abigail tries to flirt with Proctor and manipulate him, like stated: “Gad. I’d almost forgot how strong you are, John Proctor!”(Page 1045) Abigail still feels that they are meant for each other, even though Proctor continually rejects her and calls her a “harlot”, or whore. She also says: “John – I waitin’ for you every night”. (Page 1045) Toward the end of the story, Abigail did an example of “killing what you the most” by allowing the court to believe that Proctor was lying about committing lechery. Her plan for the whole play was to kill Elizabeth Proctor and marry John, but in the end John was killed and Abigail ran away to Boston. Abigail has a third personality which she uses on Reverend Parris and other high ranked people in Salem. In the beginning of the play, Reverend Parris catches Abigail and her group of friends dancing and chanting. When Abigail is questioned if she was performing witchcraft, she gets very defensive and shouts back at them. Being questioned for dancing, Abigail says: “I never sold myself! I’m a good girl! I’m a proper girl!” (Page 1057) She also uses these int...