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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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