ead the passage from The Crucible Act 1, Part 3 by Arthur Miller.
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 wife! 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, Mama! (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?
Group of answer choices
It provides evidence that Abigail will lie to get out of trouble.
It helps characterize Abigail as frightened and desperate.
It shows that Abigail is actually a witch with great power.
It shows that the girls will react to accusations by becoming violent.