When Abby is questioned again, she turns against Mary,
claiming that the girl has sent her spirit out
.
What does Abigail do when she starts being questioned in the court?
Abigail turns the court against Mary Warren in The Crucible by
pretending that Mary's spirit is preparing to attack her from the rafters
. Abigail pretends to see Mary's spirit in the form of a menacing bird, and the girls follow her lead.
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?
What does Abigail do when questioned in the crucible?
Abigail says that a frog jumped in. Under severe questioning,
she insists that she did not call the devil but that Tituba did
. She denies drinking any of the brew in the kettle, but when the men bring Tituba to the room, Abigail points at her and announces that Tituba made her drink blood.
How does Abigail respond when questioned about witchcraft?
Abigail
tells Mercy
what to say when she is questioned about what she was doing in the woods. She informs Mercy that Parris knows they were dancing in the woods. … Mary Warren enters the room and tells Abigail that everyone in Salem blames witchcraft for Betty's illness.
Who thinks everyone is trying to overthrow the court?
When John Proctor arrives at court with Mary Warren, what does
Reverend Parris
accuse him of? He has been accused of trying to overthrow the court.
Why does Abigail get so angry at Danforth?
Abigail is
angry that Proctor still considers her a child and dismisses her feelings and the relationship they shared
. She also believes that if Proctor, an upright man in the community's opinion, could so willingly sin, how many others hide dark secrets as well.
How does Abigail abuse her power?
She
accuses other people of witchcraft
because it benefits her by helping her get out of trouble for dancing and conjuring in the woods; it also makes her seem more powerful (especially if those people “confess” and so corroborate her accusations).
Who does Mary accuse of making her do the devil's work?
What is Mary Warren's motive for accusing
John Proctor
of doing the Devil's work? Abigail wants Elizabeth dead so she can resume her affair with Proctor.
Why does Abigail hate Elizabeth Proctor?
In fact,
Abigail resents Elizabeth because she prevents Abigail from being with Proctor
. … The more she thinks about the affair, the more Abigail convinces herself that Proctor loves her but cannot express his love because of Elizabeth.
Why does Abigail slap Betty?
Why does Abigail slap Betty in Act 1?
She is angry when Betty reminds Abigail that she drank blood to punish Elizabeth
. She is angry that the other girls are turning on her. She is angry that Betty is getting all of the attention.
Who lost 7 babies in the crucible?
| A B | Tituba slave who “conjures” spirits | Ann Putnam lost 7 babies at birth | Reverend Hale minister from Beverly | Reverend Parris Harvard educated Salem minister |
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Who does Abigail blame for the girls night in the forest?
Abigail blames
Tituba, Reverend Parris's Barbadian slave
, for Betty Parris's and Ruth Putnam's strange illnesses. She knows that her uncle, the reverend, saw Tituba chanting and swaying in the woods, and she knows that Mrs.
What does Abigail do in the woods?
Abigail and the girls gather in the woods. They are seen
dancing and chanting to Tituba performing voodoo over the fire in attempt to
kill Elizabeth Proctor.
Why does Abigail drink blood?
During a spell in the woods where Abigail and other girls dance wildly around a cauldron, Abigail drinks cock's blood
to summon ghosts to kill Elizabeth Proctor
. Mrs. Proctor had fired Abigail from her job as a housekeeper at Proctor Farm because Abigail had seduced her husband.
Who was accused of killing Goody Putnam's babies?
Rebecca Nurse
is blamed for “the marvelous and supernatural murder of Goody Putnam's babies.” A number of Mrs. Putnam's babies have died, and she is looking for an explanation. She decides that Rebecca Nurse is responsible because Ruth, Mrs. Putnam's daughter, “accused Rebecca's spirit of ‘tempting her to iniquity.
