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Abigail is an orphan and an unmarried girl; she thus occupies a low rung on the Puritan Salem social ladder (the only people below her are the slaves, like Tituba, and social outcasts). For young girls in Salem, the minister and the other male adults are God’s earthly representatives, their authority derived from on high. The trials, then, in which the girls are allowed to act as though they have a direct connection to God, empower the previously powerless Abigail. Once shunned and scorned by the respectable townsfolk who had heard rumors of her affair with John Proctor, Abigail now finds that she has clout, and she takes full advantage of it. A mere accusation from one of Abigail’s troop is enough to incarcerate and convict even the most well-respected inhabitant of Salem. Whereas others once reproached her for her adultery, she now has the opportunity to accuse them of the worst sin of all: devil-worship. with?
Imagine this if you will; a town where everyone that is under twenty and not married is expected, no not expected, commanded to be silent, not to play, and to never have fun. WhatпіÐs more they were expected to be happy in this dismal existence. This is Salem, 1692. This is the world of Abigail Williams. Day after day she would go through the motions of fulfilling the expectations of those around her while inside a battle was raging. She was fighting the urge to fight against all that had been embedded in her since the moment she came to live with her Uncle Parris. She hadnпіЅt wanted to live with him, thatпіЅs probably a pretty good point to mention. She was forced to live there after she had to go through the traumatizing experience of watching her parents die before her very eyes. This probably played a vital role in why she reacted the way she did throughout the play. She also had to contend with the mishap of loving a married man and the fantasy of him returning that love. These few emotional