Now look you. All of you. We danced. And Tituba conjured Ruth Putnam’s dead sisters. And that is all. And mark this. 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. And you know I can do it; I saw Indians smash my dear parents’ heads on the pillow next to mine, and I have seen some reddish work done at night, and I can make you wish you had never seen the sun go down!
– Arthur Miller
The Crucible, Act 1. Abigail uses intimidation to exert her dominance over the other girls. She threatens to physically hurt them if they reveal everything that went on in the woods. Abby shows her ability to manipulate others by using fear and threats of violence in order to get what she wants.