The theme of this quote is lying for personal gain being ever-present. She figures if she blames someone else she will get the pity she is constantly begging for. She blames others for bewitching her, for her falling in love with a man who wanted nothing more than sex. The theme of this quote is lying for personal gain being ever-present.Ībigail: “…I never knew what pretense Salem was, I knew the lying lessons I was taught by all these Christian women and their covenanted men! And now you bid me tear the light out of my eyes? I will not, I cannot! You loved me, John Proctor, and whatever sin it is, you love me yet! John, pity me, pity me!” (Act 1, page 22).Ībigail has no sense of credibility. Because she feels intimacy and connection with John Proctor, she tells him only the truth of it being a game instead of witchcraft. She took fright, is all,” (Act 1, page 20).īefore Abigail realizes that providing details of what she did could allow her to sabotage other girls in the village, she lies by emission, and simply shares the basics, leaving out anything that could make her look like she had done any wrong. A major theme of the play is blame, vengeance, and mistaken innocence, all of which are addressed in this quote.Ībigail: “Oh posh! We were dancin’ in the woods last night and my uncle leaped in on us. I saw Sarah Good with the Devil! I saw Goody Osburn with the Devil! I saw Bridget Bishop with the Devil!” (Act 1, page 45).Ībigail sees that confessing to witchcraft gets Tituba positive attention, and makes her a sudden credible source to accuse others, so of course she decides to admit she has sinned but wants to change to win the hearts of Salem.
Abigail: “I want to open myself! I want the light of God, I want the sweet love of Jesus! I danced for the Devil I saw him, I wrote in his book I go back to Jesus I kiss His hand.
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