Abigail Williams- Abigail was a strong and cunning character throughout the entire book, which can be read by her deceitful language beginning in the first act. Arthur Miller taps into people's memory of what they know of Salem Trials so that they can understand the crime that she committed was thought of as serious witchcraft in the eyes of the townspeople. She was able to deliver her standpoint efficiently without getting caught for her lies. Because she had people back her up, her inventions were more noticed and her intentions resembled metonymy. When John Proctor refused to be with her after the affair, and whenever she is around him alone, she seems more shy and cautious, thus using interrupting schemes.
Mary Warren- Arthur Miller begins Mary's entrance as a fearful and naive character, shown by her repetitive style. She tends to use simple sentences due to her naivity. The breaks in her sentence, especially when she cracks at the trial, resemble different parenthesis and the occasional asyndeton. Her general scheme seems to remain like this in the book. Although she is less complex than other characters, she demonstrates her childlike nature through the way she acts around the Proctor family and when she was in the trial. Her emotions led her to the end of her sanity, letting Abigail and her friends' delivery take over.
Both girls spoke the slang from the 17th century with Latinate diction.
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