
When speaking of their previous affairs, John Proctor, a married farmer, requests that Abigail forgets it and speaks of it no more. Like Abigail, the Black Widow will lure someone into her web, trapping him or her until they have suffered for her own pleasure. The Black Widow destroys anything she wants. In The Crucible, Abigail Williams, a seductive teenager, represents the Black Widow character archetype because of her manipulative ways to get the things that she wants. Specific characters such as Abigail Williams, John Proctor, and Mary Warren change the dynamics of this drama to increase dramatic conflict.


There were definitely no small characters in this story.

Their accusations stir up a violent and unexpected outcome. A group of young teenage girls accuse many of witchcraft even though it may or may not be true. The Crucible The Crucible by Arthur Miller is a dramatic play based during the mid-1600s when the Salem Witch Trials took place.
