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The Crucible Book Review: The Crucible This critically acclaimed play, by Arthur Miller, takes place in Salem, Massachusetts, in the year 1692. It illustrates the historic incidents that occurred during the Salem witch trials. During that time and era, these documented events truly are “one of the strangest and most awful chapters in human history” writes Miller (2). The reader is engulfed in this emotional tale about betrayal, deception, greed, possession, and power. Miller brilliantly put together a story where each character expresses distinct traits. The story is primarily about a secret love affair between two main characters, Abigail Williams, who is actually eleven years old, and John Proctor, who is sixty. However, in Miller’s drama, Abigail is seventeen and Proctor is thirty-five (Miller xiv). This particular love affair ignites a variety of controversies between Proctor, his wife Elizabeth, Abigail and her family, and the entire town of Salem when Abigail, along with a few other girls, falsely accuse others in the town of witchcraft. During those days, Salem had very strict laws that abided by church rules. It was considered taboo for a married man to have an affair with another woman. crucible, salem, guilty, book, abigail, story, proctor, miller, found, witchcraft, power, just, during, about, witch, very, two, trials, town, through, themes, putnam, put, possession, play, neighbors, learn, greed, elizabeth, different, deception, death, another, after, affair