Abigail Williams

Question 1

‘Shut it! Now shut it!’

Answer 1

Characteristic of anger
Directed at Betty
Act 1
When Betty mentions Elizabeth, so we see a clear trigger in her lovers wife’s name

Question 2

‘smashes her across the face’

Answer 2

Stage direction 
Directed at Betty
Act 1 
Hurting her sick cousin 
Because Betty mentions Elizabeth's name

Question 3

‘John - I am waiting for you every night’

Answer 3

Obsession with John Proctor
Directed at John
Act 1
He is trying to leave because he is wracked with guilt but Abigail is trying to make him stay

Question 4

‘You loved me John Proctor, and whatever sin it is, you love me yet’

Answer 4

Obsession with John
Act 1
She is trying to force herself upon him when he wants to leave
Desperation

Question 5

‘There be no blush about my name’

Answer 5

Reputation and obssession with having a good name
Act 1 
To her Uncle Parris 
She protects herself and only herself 
She 'secretly' resents Reverend Parris

Question 6

‘I will not blacken my face for them’

Answer 6

Reputation
Act 1
To Parris about how she works no where because everyone wants slaves
She thinks of herself as a woman with a high status
Refuses to bow down

Question 7

‘I say shut it, Mary Warren’

Answer 7

Power
Act 1
To Mary Warren
She threatens the girls into staying quiet to protects herself
She starts off with hardly any power but by Act 3, she is threatening higher up men rather than lowly females

Question 8

‘She sends her spirit on me in Church; she makes me laugh at prayer!’

Answer 8

Lying 
Act 3 
To Tituba 
She is trying to blame everything on Tituba to stop herself from getting in trouble for witchcraft
She is a self serving manipulator

Question 9

‘Mary please don’t hurt me’

Answer 9

Attention seeking
Act 3 - yellow birds scene
To the ‘yellow bird’
She is trying to now blame everything on Mary Warren and acts totally dramatic to prove the point that she is bewitched

Question 10

‘It’s a bitter woman, a lying, cold, snivelling woman’

Answer 10

Jealousy of Elizabeth
Act 1
To Parris about why she was cast away from Elizabeth Proctors household
She is jealous because Elizabeth has John, which is what she so badly wants

Question 11

‘No one was naked’

Answer 11

Sharp speech
Act 1 
To Parris about the dancing in the woods
She says it innocently but gets straight to the point
Denial and lying in the same 4 words

Question 12

‘You will not! Begone! Begone I say!’

Answer 12

Desperation 
Act 3 - yellow birds 
To the bird
She is creating a scene and makes herself seem desperate to make it sound more realistic 
She is also desperate with Proctor