I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem
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I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem

by

Maryse Condé
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Abigail Character Analysis

Abigail (whose full name, historical records reveal, is Abigail Williams) is the teenaged niece of Samuel Parris and the central figure behind the witchcraft panic. As the leader of the young women in Salem, Abigail presses Tituba for stories about the devil and then uses these stories to accuse Tituba and several other women in the town. Abigail often pretends to be possessed, causing Tituba to fear “the power of her imagination.” In Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible, another famous text about the Salem witch trials, Abigail is the primary antagonist.

Abigail Quotes in I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem

The I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem quotes below are all either spoken by Abigail or refer to Abigail . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Part 1: Chapter 6 Quotes

I cannot describe the effect this unfortunate black cat had on the children, as well as on Elizabeth and Samuel. Samuel Parris seized his prayer book and began to recite a seemingly endless prayer […] Abigail asked, holding her breath: “Aunt, it was the devil, wasn't it?”

“What will you think up next? It was only an animal that was disturbed by our arrival. Why do you keep talking about the devil? The invisible world around us only torments us if we provoke it.”

Related Characters: Tituba (speaker), Abigail (speaker), Samuel Parris , Elizabeth Parris
Related Symbols: Black Cats
Page Number: 44
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Abigail Quotes in I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem

The I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem quotes below are all either spoken by Abigail or refer to Abigail . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Surviving vs. Enduring Theme Icon
).
Part 1: Chapter 6 Quotes

I cannot describe the effect this unfortunate black cat had on the children, as well as on Elizabeth and Samuel. Samuel Parris seized his prayer book and began to recite a seemingly endless prayer […] Abigail asked, holding her breath: “Aunt, it was the devil, wasn't it?”

“What will you think up next? It was only an animal that was disturbed by our arrival. Why do you keep talking about the devil? The invisible world around us only torments us if we provoke it.”

Related Characters: Tituba (speaker), Abigail (speaker), Samuel Parris , Elizabeth Parris
Related Symbols: Black Cats
Page Number: 44
Explanation and Analysis:
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