In the crucible, Abigail Williams claims to be a good religious girl but her actions towards others show that she is a hypocrite. In the play, there have been several moments where Abigail’s actions portray herself as a manipulative and compulsive liar.

When Abigail and the girls were caught in the forest dancing, instead of confessing to the authorities, she blamed it on others in the village especially the people she disliked or are an easy target due to their social status. In the play, Tituba is a slave which is an easy target for Abigail because of her social status. “Abigail: I never sold myself! I’m a good girl! I’m a proper girl! Mrs. Putnam enters with Tituba, and instantly Abigail points at Tituba. Abigail: She made me do it! She made Betty do it!” (40) Right after claiming to be a “good girl”, Abigail uses the opportunity to make Tituba seem like the only guilty one.  “Abigail: She is blackening my name in the village! She is telling lies about me! She is a cold, sniveling woman, and you bend to her! Let her turn you like a-” (22) Abigail is a teenage that is attracted to an older grown man, her attraction to him made him desperate and eager for his attention. She is willing to go to great lengths to keep him only for himself. “Abigail, to the ceiling, in a genuine conversation with the “bird” as though trying to talk it out of attacking her: But God made my face; you cannot want to tear my face. Envy is a deadly sin, Mary.” (106) Abigail turns on the other girls just to save herself from punishment.

My personal connection to these hypocritical scenes is from the movie Frozen. In a scene where Anna met a boyfriend that she connected with and trusted but at the end of the movie he turns on her for his own benefit. He was a selfish and hypocritical character, similar to Abigail.

Work cited:
Le masque by Photo credit: Aldor on Visualhunt.com / CC BY-NC-ND
Miller, Arthur. The Crucible: A Play In Four Acts, New York: Penguin Books, 2003. Print.