Crucible: 8-30

Abigail: 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 some terrible night and I will bring a pointy reckoning that will shudder you (20).

It is too obvious! Abigail must be a witch. Her statement, or threat, corroborates the claim of her possibly being a witch. Here, she blatantly admits to everything she told her uncle that she did not do. First & foremost, she lied and second, she is crazy. I sensed there was something "different" about her back on page 17 when she says, "Uncle you've prayed since midnight. Why do you not go down -". This stood out because for the first few pages, the community's obsession with religion seemed excessive and Abigail's comment goes against it. This is the first statement from a character that actually contradicts the society's usual strict nature in regards to religion. Hints that suggest Abigail being a witch go on & on to the next few pages. Her affair with John Proctor is revealed and her wish to do harm to others suggests that she is a witch!

Mrs. Putnam: The psalm! The psalm! She cannot bear to to hear the Lord's name!

Here we go with the religion. However, looking at the situation from their eyes, her point is very reasonable. Initially, NOTHING would wake Betty. Abigail was fortunate enough to wake her for a couple of minutes but then she knocked out again and it was impossible to wake her. But she hears something from bible and she shoots up, that definitely says something. Maybe she has some supernatural force in her, I don't think she practices witchcraft like Abigail. She is soft-spoken and she was probably dragged into the woods by Abigail.