Answer:
The correct answer to the question, would be, that Abigail is using these strong words, this threat, towards the people she is talking to, because she doesn´t want them to expose her for a liar.
Explanation:
"The Crucible" is a play that was written by author Arthur Miller, in 1953, and which presents the events that place in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, around 1692-93 during the witch trials in Salem. In this particular excerpt, Abigail is facing the fact that questions are being asked regarding her own testimony regarding witchcraft and her blaming certain people to move the spotlight from herself. Because of who she is, and what she has been put through, Abigail always shows herself as a strong girl, and a bit troublesome, and it is with her that real trouble starts in the colony, when she starts accusing people she dislikes, or with whom she has had conflicts, of having either led her, our taught her, witchcraft skills. With these words, Abigail attempts to scare those who know the truth about her, showing them a side that she had never shown before. This fear is so effective that it protects Abigail from assuming her responsibility in the entire mess.