Abigail Williams is a menace. The person who wrote The Crucible is Arthur Miller. In the 1950s as a way of pointing out the insanity of the communist Red Scare, led by Senator Joseph McCarty of Wisconsin. He would target American citizens accused of being communists. In The Crucible, Abigail Williams could have ended the hysteria by avoiding an affair, not practicing witchcraft, and remaining a loyal religious person. Abigail Williams is a maid who used to work for the Proctors. John Proctor, who was married to Elizabeth Proctor, had an intimate affair with Abigail Williams. Adultery is a sin, meaning Abigail broke her loyalty to her religion. John decides to end the affair between the two, but Abigail doesn’t let it conclude and is still