Samuel
Sobieck
03/06/14
As
I read and watched “The Crucible” I noticed many times that Abigail played a
very influential part throughout the entire play. Abigail is a smart girl and a
convincing liar. She was the a servant for the Proctor household until Elizabeth
Proctor found out that Abigail and her husband were having an affair and fired
Abigail. Throughout the play Abigail manipulated many people including the
other children who were dancing in the woods, Reverend Hale and many more. One
example that stood out to me was when Abigail accuses Elizabeth Proctor of
being with the devil and witchcraft. Before this occurred Abigail had known
that Mary Warren, the Proctor’s servant, would give the doll she made in court
to Elizabeth. Then having accused her, Reverend Hale visited the Proctor’s
wanting to speak with anyone whose name was mentioned in connection with
witchcraft. When they found the doll in their household and even though Mary
confessed to making it and sticking the needle in it, Elizabeth was still taken
to prison that night. Abigail knew that the whole town would believe whatever
she said and proceeded to use this for her advantage and accusing Elizabeth
Proctor to put her in prison so she could take Elizabeth’s place in the Proctor
household. I believe that this example was as effective on stage as it was in
the reading because both portrayed Abigail as this vindictive person who would
do or say anything to get what she wanted in this case it was John Proctor.
Overall I thought it was a great production and glad I had the opportunity to
go see it.
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