The characters in "The Crucible" have many secret hidden motivations and desires. For example, Abigail Williams makes it obvious that her main desire is John Proctor by her hatred for his wife. She had an affair with him and does not want anyone to find out it. Abigail loves John so much that she would do anything to have him, even if that means killing his wife, Elizabeth Proctor. So she drinks a charm to kill Elizabeth Proctor, in hope of taking her place. Abigail decides to take the witchcraft stories and blame other people in the town, including Elizabeth Proctor. Throughout the witchcraft hysteria, Abigail's motivations never seem to be more than jealousy and a desire for revenge on Elizabeth Proctor for blackening her name. Abigail Williams is clearly the villain of the play. She tells lies, manipulates her friends, and eventually sends nineteen innocent people to their deaths. One example of Abigail's evilness from the play is when she says, "Let either of you breathe a word, or the edge of a word, about the other things, and I will come to you in the black of some terrible night and I will bring a pointy reckoning that will shudder you. And you know I can do it; I saw Indians smash my dear parent's heads on the pillow next to mine and I have seen some reddish work done at night, and I can make you wish you had never seen the sun go down!" (Miller 1268). This quote gives the reader a glimpse of Abigail's ruthless nature. She fully understands what will happen to those found guilty of witchcraft which makes her accusations even more disturbing. The quote about Indians would make the reader feel sorry for her if they didn't know what an evil person she was.   Both Reverend Parris and Abigail Williams are examples of people looking to benefit themselves. Reverend Parris would always ask what he was getting from situations. In the beginning of the play, he was arguing about how much wood he was getting, how much he was being paid,