Out of this, Arthur Miller was inspired to write "The crucible", which is a story about people attacking others for witchcraft practices and beliefs. In a way Miller extracted some of the ‘cold wars' ideas on communism and assimilated them to the crucible where girls attacked others for their beliefs and social disposition, for example the girls only had to dislike someone to have them named at the trials.

If you were to find the definition of the word crucible you would discover these

descriptions: - a) A severe trial or test

Well I'm sure there is absolutely no doubt in anybody's minds that the crucible's story line was definitely a severe trial and test for every character in the book.

Take Abigail for example, she was caught experimenting with witchcraft and was accused of ha

ving an affair with John Proctor and was therefore taken to trial. Since Abigail was caught, she had to feign a justifiable reason to escape her punishment, so she lied very convincingly turning the accusations of others back on themselves.

In the search for justice, mercy and compassion were neglected. A scapegoat was needed – Proctor and all the innocents – or the system of justice would seem to be a sham.

In the end the accused have two choices. Firstly to lie and dam their souls or secondly to tell the truth and loose their lives. What would you chose?

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