... servant in her household, because she knows of the affair between Abigail and her husband, John. John Proctor deeply regrets the affair, but Abigail is completely infatuated with him. In a fiercely emotional speech in Act I, Abigail tells John that she waits and wants him every night and begs him to pity her. Elizabeth realizes ... Abigail's hidden agenda. In Act II, she and John discuss the charge against her. She is certain that Abigail means to have her killed and then to replace her. At the ... Abigail's driving motivations. Abigail craves power over her situation and the people aro...

• Word Count: 871
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... to unnatural causes for Betty's illness. In addition, Parris also caught his daughter in the woods, with Abigail Williams, Mary Warren, Ruth Putnam, Mercy Lewis, and Tituba, his slave, dancing and chanting. Everyone, including the Putnams, John Proctor, and Reverend Hale who arrived at Parris's house, was in a swirl and thought that the girls were afflicted and participating in witchcraft. The Devil ... being hanged if they will not confess. The government has also sent four judges out of Boston who were vital magistrates of the General Court. The master of the farmhouse, John Proctor, ...

• Word Count: 734
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

... naked in the forest around an immense kettle. This wasn't something that girls normally did in the 1600s and was also socially unacceptable. These girls, Abigail Williams, Betty Parris, Mercy Lewis, and Tituba were immediately accused of being witches just because they were dancing. To get themselves off the hook, the girls pointed their fingers at other women in the town ... names popped into their heads, but one particular girl, Abigail Williams, accused a woman named Elizabeth Proctor because she had lust for her husband, John Proctor. Abigail Williams and John Proctor had already ha...

• Word Count: 1096
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School