When Tituba suddenly confesses to working with the Devil, naming two other women in the town as witches, Abigail seems to quickly realize that she has an opportunity to also be seen as "God's instrument" to "discover the Devil's agents," as Mr. Hale calls Tituba. She cries out that she wants God's light, that she "danced for the Devil," that she goes back to Jesus, and she immediately names the two women Tituba just named as well as one more: Bridget Bishop.
In confirming the women Parris's slave just named as witches, Abigail appears to confirm the veracity of Tituba's words, and she gives weight to her own claim that Bishop is a witch as well. In the remainder of the scene, Abigail proceeds to name three more women as witches. She capitalizes on Tituba's confession to redirect attention toward herself and exploit Tituba's accusations in order to be able to make her own.
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