Abigail Williams is perhaps one of the most passionate
characters in the play. Most of this passion manifests itself in angry outbursts
throughout the work. In Act I, she threatens physical harm to Betty who lies inert on
her bed, and later in the act, she promises the other girls that she will "come to
[them] in the dead of night and bring a pointy reckoning that will shudder [them]" if
they breathe a word of the truth. She is clearly unstable, vacillating between eery
calm and violent rage from one moment to the next. A perfect example of this can be
seen in her encounter with John Proctor under a tree where she attemps to convince him
to come back to her. As she begins to see that her persuasive appeals are falling on
deaf ears, she becomes desperate and angrily labels John's wife, Elizabeth, a "cold,
sniveling woman," pushing John to anger as well. A final example that stands out from
the others in the play is when Abigail's relationship with John Proctor is called into
question by Judge Danforth in the courtroom. She explodes, asserting that she will not
be subjected to such a question. This time, her anger did not go unnoticed, and she was
reprimanded sternly by the powerful judge.
Sunday, December 14, 2014
What characters does Abigail Williams show anger towards?
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