He does this by deepening the characters history and creating them a much richer background for them. For instance, he made the character of Abigail into a beautiful seventeen year old girl, where as in reality she was simply a twelve year old child. This change in age and increase in beauty allows Miller then to manufacture a love triangle into the story involving Abigail, John Proctor and Goody Proctor. This adds further drama to the scenes incorporating one of the three. Another is how he makes the character of judge Danforth into quiet, questioning and curious person from a harsh, single-minded person. This allows Miller to show how Abigail can not only use her friends but also how she can manipulate others, such as Danforth whom is a man of intelligence.
In order to show the brilliance of Abigail's manipulation and her tactics involved in manipulation, Miller uses intricate, clever tones and deep characters. The language Miller employs through out the play is so successful due to the fact that it is believable but yet, understandable. So he applies words and phrases which convey the difference in society with different manners and traditions. Such as the usage of the phrase "Goody- in front of a married women's name, Other such as phrasing of words, such as this "It discomforts me- where as now -It makes me uncomfortable- would be used. Miller also adds colloquial phrasing to the play in the form of dropping the "g- off the end of the word to add the sense of an accent and the austere fact of the puritan life. The tone follows thought out the characters as they are morally vocal and speak a lot about what is right and wrong. These people lived and died by these morals as their lives were conducted so completely by their faith. Abigail is beautiful, passionate, and headstrong with desires which she acted on specifically the dancing in the woods and having an affair with John Proctor.