Witchcraft In The Crucible In the Crucible one of the main topics is the one of witchcraft. The book itself is about the accusations Abigail makes saying that people are witches, she does this in order to cover up what she did while dancing. Witchcraft was against the church and was viewed as being an act of the Devil. Witchcraft has many aspects that led to the trials and stereotypes that characterized it. One of the acts that resulted from being accused of being a witch were a witch trials that occurred in Salem, later to be known as the Salem Witch Trials. In this town Abigail and some of her friends were caught dancing in the