The Captivating Characters from Macbeth and The CrucibleFor a play to be successful, it is essential that it includes a cast of interesting and captivating characters. Without interesting characters, the audience would not only be confused by each unimportant character, but eventually intrigued by the plot, disinterested in the theme and ideas, and, worst of all, bored with the entire story. For example, in "The Crucible" by Arthur Miller, we are immediately interested in 17-year-old Abigail Williams. Miller portrays her as a vindictive, mean and persuasive girl. Perhaps persuasive is too mild an adjective, but his nastiness or malevolence is indoctrinating, and his manipulative ability leaves the other girls no choice but to follow his lead. Abigail psychologically forces others to obey her, and does not hesitate to threaten them, or physically harm them! She is the spark that ignites the hell of distrust, guided more by obsessive love than malice. There are two sides to Abigail's nature that are depicted throughout: the brutal, threatening side, and the passionate, heartbroken side. If Abigail was just an average schoolgirl without much involvement or relevance to the plot, we wouldn't immediately be able to care as much about her. Likewise, at first, John Proctor appears to be an ordinary humble farmer with a wife and two children. children. As the play unfolds, we discover that he is a man with an important past; a man who has a story to tell. He and his wife are the central characters of the play. He had an affair with Abigail Williams, a girl several years younger than him... middle of paper ... thoughts and feelings; their inner journey is described verbally, so that the audience receives a first-person account of the key characters. The more successful the characters are, the more popular a play becomes. Popularity is evidenced by the length of time a play is discussed, studied, screened, viewed or performed. In conclusion, a bad play with a bad 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 vindictive, angry or indulgent, will undoubtedly remain a success, retaining its position as a respected literary work..