Explanation: Abigail Williams is a master of manipulation, using frankly any type of emotion to her advantage, even lust. But in this case, we're talking about sympathy. She doesn't show much sympathy herself, but she invokes sympathy in others when she has her episodes of being "Haunted" by a spirit of a witch. Her false reactions are so violent and convincing that others can't help but feel sympathy for what they see as a young girl targeted by witches for "exposing" them.