Crucible

Arthur Miller's play, The Crucible, is based upon actual events in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. The Crucible highlights the tendency in America to witch-hunt and how some people used this leverage to gain power for them without telling the truth. To be accused in Salem you were sent to trial, which ultimately meant a sentence. Those people who decided to live by confessing to witchery were outcaste from society; Arthur Miller based this situation on the …

…acts of the girls and finds a hard time trying not to. “I judge nothing . . . I have seen marvels in this court . . . I have until this moment not the slightest reason to suspect that the children may be deceiving”. The crucible portrays many themes but in particular Power is gained by telling the truth and displays this theme effectively through the characters. We are shown how a character gains power through their principles and integrity.