Mary Warren’s prime motive was only to protect herself.Īnother person who was involved in the accusations was Ann Putnam. But Mary Warren turned the attention away from her by saying John Proctor was a witch, and he was forcing her to attack Abigail and come to the court to free his wife. Once suspicions were focused on Abigail, she began to act like Mary Warren’s spirit was attacking her in court, yet again turning the focus away from her and onto someone else. Once Abigail accused Elizabeth Proctor, John forced Mary to go to the court and admit to her lies and turn on Abigail.

Mary Warren supported Abigail’s lies to avoid any harm that she could do to her.

She said to the girls, “Let either of you breathe a word, or the edge of a word about the other things, and I will come to you in the black of night and I will bring a pointy reckoning that will shudder you.” (Miller 19). She began to accuse people of witchcraft to protect herself, from accusation and from Abigail. One of the girls who were with Abigail in the woods was Mary Warren. Abigail had two motives to cause her neighbors to be hung to protect herself and to get what she wanted. The needle in the poppet was enough evidence to get Elizabeth Proctor taken into custody. She stabbed herself in the stomach with a needle, to mimic the poppet that was given to Elizabeth Proctor by her servant. She used her position as a victim in the situation as an opportunity to eliminate the only thing she thinks is keeping her from being with Proctor, his wife Elizabeth. Abigail had recently had an affair with a married man named John Proctor. Once she had gotten herself deeply involved in the situation, she saw a perfect opportunity to get something she wanted. After Tituba accused Sarah Good to save herself from being hung, Abigail began accusing more people to draw the attention away from her. She quickly turned the attention away from her by accusing Tituba, saying, “She made me do it! She made Betty do it!” (Miller 40). Her uncle, Reverend Parris, had caught her and her friends dancing in the woods with her friends and his slave, Tituba. The first to be under suspicion was Abigail Williams.

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