Abigail Williams Quotes

Abigail
is a young girl in Puritan Salem, and
she lies in order to protect herself. One way to pull
textual evidence
showing how she is manipulative is to find examples of these lies.

When the play opens, Parris is worried about his daughter, Betty, who is in a
comatose
state. He questions his niece Abigail about what happened when he
caught them dancing in the
woods. At first, Abigail denies any
witchcraft:

We did
dance, Uncle, and
when you leaped out of the bush so suddenly, Betty was frightened and then
she
fainted. And there€˜s the whole of it.

Soon after the
Putnams enter, claiming their daughter Ruth is
witched and...

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