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Well throughout the play it was very obvious that Abigale
was the catalyst to all the proceedings, both in and out of court. A particular
example of how Abigale does this was with the doll that was made by Elizabeth
in court.
Abigail, knowing that Elizabeth was Mary Warren’s servant; she sought
for anything to convict Mary. She found a great one with such a doll made my
Elizabeth, because it would be taken home to the Warren’s household. In addition to how the needle was put in good
keeping, she could sick herself and then blame Mary for witchcraft. Even though
Elizabeth does admit to have made the doll in court and gave the doll to Mary
as a gift that very night, the fear she has of being convicted by the girls and
Abigail allows the statement to be completely overthrown. This allows Abigail
to really in the end convict or get even with Mr. Proctor.
The reenactment of the situation with the doll to me was
much more effective in the performance than when I read the play. It was made clearer
to me as to how Abigail came to be having a needle stuck in her at court and
being able to blame Mary Warren. I originally
had to re-read this part of the play a few times just to get a good grasp as to
what lead up to her doing such a thing, because I did not catch the simple
detail of her sticking the needle away in the doll. I dismissed it as an
unneeded detail, which I understand now how critical each detail is in a
script.
I agree with you in that Abigail was the leader in all of the proceedings. I also feel that people grasp more details while watching the play live rather than just reading it.
ReplyDeleteI really like your last paragraph on how you think of Abigail. I was kind of like that too. It was confusing during that part or scene. That's really great how you figure it out by re-read again.
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