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Crucible

A Major Theme of The Crucible According to the Webster’s Dictionary, a crucible is “a vessel in which metal is heated to a high temperature and melted for the purposes of casting”. It can also be referred to a situation in which a person has to make a decision that can be critical to his morals and principles. There are many interpretations of the word crucible as there is for the theme of Arthur Miller’s, The Crucible. Closely related to the word “crucifixion”, The Crucible is about a man put in a crucible situation, who is forced to choose between life and morality, just as Jesus Christ did. Miller interweaved these scenarios to form the main themes of the play – the problem of making the right moral choice and the necessity of sacrifice as a means of redemption. Both of these themes can be abridged to form one main theme, good versus evil. Based on the Salem witch trials of the late 17th century, The Crucible explores the vulnerability of a society and the difficulty of doing ‘good’ in the face of evil and tremendous social pressures. The play is about a town, Salem, Massachusetts, and the hysteria its residents go through because of the witchcraft accusations made by the young girls and countless other people


of the region. These accusations, we learn in the novel, are not true and are merely stories to put the blame of someone’s mistakes or wrongdoings to someone else. The accusers are just trying to find scapegoats for their shortcomings. This is where good versus evil takes place. There are numerous “good” characters in the novel that try to prove that there are no such things as witches, as well as “bad” who use the trials for their own gain, and the plot revolves around their struggle against each other. One of the many cases where good versus evil is portrayed is through the situation between Elizabeth Proctor and Abigail Williams. Abigail Williams is the niece of Reverend Parris, a renowned preacher in the town. She was seen dancing around a fire in the forests with the other town girls one night by Reverend Parris. Parris and Abigail do not want their names entangled with witchcraft, so they try to find a way to put the blame on someone else. Parris does not want to be accused of witchery because he is afraid to lose his good name. He is afraid that his “enemies” will have more reason to start a faction against him. Abigail does not want to be charged with witchcraft because she does not want to get hanged. So, as Abigail and the girls who were caught dancing in the forest charge several innocent people for witchery, Abigail saw it as an opening to rekindle the love between her and John Proctor by accusing his wife, Elizabeth, of witchcraft. Elizabeth is then charged for witchcraft and was put to trial. She had the choice to either confess her sins and save her life or not confess and get hanged. Fortunately, Elizabeth was pregnant to John Proctor’s child, so they let her go. In this scenario, Elizabeth is the “good” and Abigail is the “bad”. Abigail used her evil or “bad” ways to try to win back the love of John Proctor, ev

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