The three main characters in The Widows of Eastwick are Alexandra, Jane, and Suki.
"Alexandra, oldest in age, the broadest in body, and the nearest in character to normal, generous-spirited humanity..." (page 3) is the true main character of this novel. She is the first to lose her husband, the first to travel to an exotic land, and the first to propose to recollect the old friendships and insist on returning to Eastwick for some good-hearted trouble. She is also the one to make the strongest connection to nature and "Mother Earth" and embody the nuturing type relationship and bond with nature. The second main character is Jane, and is the complete opposite from Alexandra. Compared to Jane, Alexandra "felt helplessly more conspicuous, large and foreign and female, than petite, quick, impervious Jane. Alexandra attracted stares, and felt them cling, where Jane crossly brushed them aside and plowed on." (page 51) At this point, we start to see the major differences between these two witches. Already, we can tell that Jane has a very dark and wicked side that only progresses and grows throughout the novel. Yet, while being the most wicked witch of the bunch, she is the most "refined" and well put together of the bunch. We know this because she does not grieve over the loss of her husband, she simply states it and seemingly without emotion, which leads us to believe that she has even more supernatural and evil powers than the other witches. Sukie is the last witch introduced in the novel. Sukie is the most light hearted and free spirit of the three. She is not described with so much evil and madness as the others. Sukie, although fun-loving, caring, and most gracious of the three, try to do what is right, even she can not control her more demonic side. She entrances a passionate lover with such a strong magical hold, that he ends up beating his wife before hanging himself due to Sukie's "love spell." All three witches possess the qualities of evil and anger, but these feelings try to be repressed by Alexandra and Sukie to help them cope with their past and move forward, but this is held back by the wickedness that controls Jane, which makes all three of their pasts and karma catch up with these ladies and control the outcome of their lives.
