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Hecate and Abigail Williams

Abigail Williams is comparable to Hecate on many levels. [|Abigail Williams] was one of the original accusers of the Salem witch trials of 1692. Abigail Williams and several other girls in the town of Salem began acting strangely. Although the true cause of these symptoms is unknown it could have been anything from a fungus on a rye plant to eating inedible food, or possibly the most commonly accepted speculation which was that they were simply faking. When the local doctor diagnosed possible witchcraft [|Abigail] was immediately asked to name her tormentors.

[|Hecate] is a witch who according to Greek mythology was originally the goddess of the wilderness and childbirth. In Ptolemaic Alexandria she became known as a goddess of sorcery and "Queen of the Ghosts." [|Hecate] is also frequently named "Queen of the Witches". She is called "Queen of the Ghosts" because it was believed among witches that she is the one that will meet them in the afterlife. Her other common name "Queen of the Witches" is given to her because witches believed that all of their power and extraordinary abilities came through the grace and charity of Hecate.

Both Hecate and Abigail Williams are evil women. They both are wicked and scheming women. Abigail Williams used her planning and she tricked people to get other people killed. The main person she wanted dead though was John Proctor, but in her selfishness many other people were killed and she really showed no remorse. John Proctor was not a good man however and neither was Macbeth. Hecate wanted to be involved in Macbeth's downfall. Both these women took down evil men with little or no remorse and were evil themselves. Also Hecate was regarded as "Queen of the Witch's" and Abigail Williams was pretending to be cursed by witches.
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