Character Relationships in The Witch

Thomasin (played by Anya Taylor-Joy) is a protagonist in The Witch. The teenage daughter and central protagonist. Blamed for family tragedies, she endures harsh treatment, kills her mother in self-defense, and ultimately embraces witchcraft by signing a pact with Black Phillip to join a forest coven. William (played by Ralph Ineson) is a protagonist in The Witch. The stern family patriarch. He secretly sold his wife's silver cup, struggles with faith and survival, locks his children in the goat house, and is ultimately gored to death by Black Phillip. Katherine (played by Kate Dickie) appears in The Witch. The devoted but unstable mother. She mourns her lost son, blames Thomasin for their misfortunes, suffers a raven hallucination, and attempts to strangle Thomasin before being killed. Caleb (played by Harvey Scrimshaw) appears in The Witch. The preteen son who ventures into the woods. He encounters a witch disguised as a young woman, returns delirious and naked, suffers convulsions, and dies peacefully after professing his faith. Mercy (played by Ellie Grainger) appears in The Witch. One of the young fraternal twins. She plays with the talking goat Black Phillip, accuses Thomasin of witchcraft, and is attacked offscreen by the witch alongside her brother. Samuel (played by Athan Conrad Dube) appears in The Witch. Jonas (played by Lucas Dawson) appears in The Witch. The fraternal twin brother of Mercy. He engages with the demonic goat, joins his sister in accusing Thomasin, and is attacked offscreen by the witch. The Witch (played by Bathsheba Garnett) appears in The Witch. The malevolent supernatural force that killed baby Samuel. She appears as a naked old woman drinking goat blood, attacks the twins, and orchestrates the family's destruction.

Character Relationship Map: The Witch

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The Witch (2016) character relationship network mapped with AI analysis. Explore the connections, alliances, and conflicts between characters.

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Story Analysis

A Puritan family's isolation in the wilderness unravels into supernatural terror and patriarchal collapse.

Plot Progression

  1. Exile and Disappearance
  2. Forest Perils and Demise
  3. Carnage and Breakdown
  4. The Dark Pact

Directed by Robert Eggers

The Witch (2016) · 7/10 · drama, fantasy, horror, mystery, thriller