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Read the passage from The Crucible, Act 1, Part 3
ABIGAIL (pulling her away from the window). I told him
everything: he knows now, he knows everything we-
BETTY: You drank blood, Abby! You didn't tell him that!
ABIGAIL: Betty, you never say that again! You will never-
BETTY: You did, you did! You drank a charm to kill John
Proctor's wifel You drank a charm to kill Goody Proctor!
ABIGAIL (smashes her across the face): Shut it! Now shut it!
BETTY (collapsing on the bed): Mama, Mamal (She dissolves
into sobs.)
ABIGAIL: Now look you. All of you. We danced. And Tituba
conjured Ruth Putnam's dead sisters. And that is all.
How does the author's decision to reveal the true events in the
woods influence the reader's understanding of Abigail?
The Crucible, Act 1 Part 3
It shows that the girls will react to accusations by
becoming violent
It helps characterize Abigail as frightened and
desperate.
It provides evidence that Abigail will lie to get out
of trouble.
It shows that Abigail is actually a witch with great
power
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Answer 1

It provides evidence that Abigail will lie to get out of trouble.

Step-by-step explanation:

The text shown above shows how Abigail actually became involved in witchcraft, even participating in a spell and drinking blood to harm the proctor family and manipulate John Proctor into returning to her. However, Abigail is unwilling to confess this, because she knows that the punishment for messing with witchcraft and getting involved with a married man will be very serious. So she decides to lie, casting her as a victim and preventing people who know the truth from contradicting her. This shows how Abigail is underhanded and willing to lie to get out of trouble.

Abigail is a character in "The Crucible," a play that reproduces the full story and wave of accusations that occurred during the Salem witch trials.