Why does Abigail “admit” that Tituba and Ruth were conjuring spirits? She admits that Tituba and Ruth were conjuring spirits
only to save Betty from being accused of witchcraft
. Abigail treats the other girls badly, but treats her uncle good and with respect.
Why does Abigail admit that Tituba and Ruth were conjuring spirits Why is Abigail afraid the others will confess?
Why does Abigail “admit” that Tituba and Ruth were conjuring spirits? … Abigail admits Tituba and Ruth were conjuring spirits so that she will appear as an innocent victim. Abigail is afraid that
if the other girls confess, it’ll ruin her reputation
, and she’ll be exposed as a liar.
Why does Abigail admit conjuring?
Why does Abigail “admit” that Tituba and Ruth were conjuring spirits?
She does this to save Betty from being accused of witchcraft.
Why does Abigail want Tituba to conjure up spirits in the forest?
Abigail is looking for
a scapegoat
. When she names other people and attaches them to the actions that will earn them consequences, she diverts attention from herself. She repeatedly admits that she danced, but she dissociates herself with the idea of conjuring spirits, a much more serious crime.
Who does Abigail accuse of conjuring spirits and why?
Abigail leads the girls in court in their witchcraft accusations. One night, stuck by a pin, Abigail accuses
Elizabeth Proctor
of creating a poppet (a sort of voodoo doll) and sticking it with a pin to harm her.
Why does Betty accuse others of witchcraft?
Betty starts accusing people
to deflect suspicion away from herself and the other girls from their dabblings in the occult in the woods
. She is terrified into submission by Abigail, who tells Betty and the other girls, “…
Does Abigail admit to witchcraft?
Parris’s slave,
has confessed to witchcraft
. Abigail sees Tituba’s false confession as a way out of her own dilemma: if she also admits she’s a witch, she will be forgiven for casting charms in the woods with Tituba and her friends. Thus, she falsely confesses to witchcraft.
How does Abigail treat her friends?
Abigail is afraid the other girls will confess what was truly going on in the woods and she doesn’t want to get into trouble. She admits that Tituba and Ruth were conjuring spirits only to save Betty from being accused of witchcraft. Abigail
treats the other girls badly
, but treats her uncle good and with respect.
Who does Abigail blame for the conjuring or calling?
When Abigail is questioned by Reverend Hale in act 1 of The Crucible, she blames
Tituba
, her uncle’s slave from Barbados. Abigail has been caught laughing multiple times during church service and claims that Tituba sends her spirits on her, causing her to laugh and disrupt the sermon.
Why is Abigail afraid the others will confess what they were doing in the woods?
Abigail fears that the other girls will confess everything they were doing in the woods
because she does not want to get in trouble for practicing witchcraft
.
Did Abigail dance in the woods?
The
girls were dancing in the woods because they were participating in superstitious rituals with
Parris’ Barbadian slave, Tituba. In Act 1, Abigail says that, as they danced, “Tituba conjured Ruth’s sisters to come out of the grave.” Ruth’s mother, Mrs. Ann Putnam, has lost seven babies within a day…
What is John Proctor’s secret?
Honest, upright, and blunt-spoken, Proctor is a good man, but one with a secret,
fatal flaw
. His lust for Abigail Williams led to their affair (which occurs before the play begins), and created Abigail’s jealousy of his wife, Elizabeth, which sets the entire witch hysteria in motion.
What is wrong with Betty and Ruth?
Betty is essentially suffering from
a psychological illness
, which stems from her fear of being punished for dancing in the woods with the other girls. Hysteria concerning witchcraft may also motivate Betty to remain incapacitated in her bed.
How did Proctor know the girls were frauds?
Long Answer. Elizabeth Proctor first urges John Proctor to go to Salem so he can testify that Abigail and the other girls are frauds. John knows this to be a fact
because when he and Abigail spoke alone in Act 1, Abigail scoffed at the suggestion that Betty’s illness had anything to do with witchcraft
.
What has happened to Abigail in Act 4?
In Act 4 it’s revealed that
Abigail has run away and stolen money from her uncle
(and so her reputation takes a hit in her absence), but since she is no longer in Salem, it doesn’t really matter for her. In Act 2, Abigail still seems to want to be with John Proctor, since she’s accused Elizabeth Proctor of witchcraft.
What does Abigail do when suspicion falls on her?
What does Abigail do when suspicion that she might be pretending falls on her?
Abigail says there is a cold wind
. The other girls join in and say that Mary is sending a shadow on them. What does John Proctor do to discredit her?
