Endearing Characters in Macbeth and the Crucible For a play to be successful, it is essential that it includes a cast of interesting and endearing characters. Without interesting characters, the audience would not only be confused by every unimportant character, but perhaps perplexed by the plot, disinterested in the theme and ideas, and, worst of all, bored by the entire story. For example, in Arthur Miller's "The Crucible", we are immediately interested in seventeen-year-old Abigail Williams. Miller portrays her as a vengeful, evil and persuasive girl. Perhaps persuasive is too mild an adjective, but her evil or malevolence is indoctrinating and her manipulative ability leaves the other girls no choice but to follow her example. Abigail psychologically forces others to obey her and is not reluctant to threaten them or physically harm them! She is the spark that ignites the hell of mistrust, driven more by obsessive love than malice. There are two sides to Abigail's nature that are portrayed throughout the film: the brutal, threatening side and the passionate, heartbroken side. If Abigail were just a simple middle schooler with little involvement or relevance to the plot, we might not immediately feel such interest in her. Likewise, at the beginning, John Proctor appears to be a humble, ordinary farmer with a wife and two children. children. As the show unfolds, we discover that he is a man with a significant past; a man who has a story to tell. He and his wife are the central characters of the play. He had a relationship with Abigail Williams, a girl younger than him... center of the card... thoughts and feelings; their internal journey is described verbally, so that the audience receives a first-person account from the key characters. The more successful the characters are, the more popular a play becomes. Popularity is evidenced by the length of time a work is discussed, studied, screened, viewed, or performed. In conclusion, a mediocre comedy with a mediocre cast, all similar in nature and character, with monotonous scenes that do not contrast, will not last long and will not have a positive effect on the audience. But a play like "The Crucible" or "Macbeth," with many contrasting scenes and characters, whether heroic or vengeful, hot-tempered or indulgent, will undoubtedly remain a success, maintaining its position as a respected literary work..