The_Crucible

The Crucible The Crucible”, written by Arthur Miller in 1953, is a play set in the time of the Salem Witch Trials. Corruption and scandal lie within the town people, willing to turn on their neighbor in an instant. The story follows from the time the first witch, Abigail Williams, was accused, to the very end with the hanging of the accused witch John Proctor. Abigail is spotted in the woods with her friends, dancing around a fire naked. To save herself from doing something considered of the devil in this town of theocracy and strong Puritanism, she and her friends make up an elaborate story of how they were possessed by their slave, Tituba, by her witchcraft. Elaborate lists of all other witches who have possessed them are made, and the town goes into hysteria, accusing more and more of witchcraft. Underlying all this is revenge and jealousy. Abigail, once a servant to the Proctor home, was discovered to be having an affair by John Proctor’s wife, Elizabeth Proctor. Immediately Abigail accuses her of witchcraft, showing to those who know just how vengeful she is. Abigail crucible, town, witchcraft, proctor, abigail, john, witch, play, friends, very, turn, time, story, shows, scandal, salem, possessed, people, miller, life, knows, knit, individuality, hysteria, hanging, everybody, end, elaborate, death, community, begin, around, affair, accusing, accuses, accused