The Crucible 3

In Miller’s, The Crucible, he describes a New England town in the midst of Salem witch-hunt hysteria during the late 1600’s. His play not only recounts the historic events but also specifically sheds light on the rationalization for this hysteria. In Miller’s running commentary he describes the intent of the Puritans particularly accurately. In one specific statement, he says “they [the Puritans] believed, in short, that they held in their steady hands the …

…is not uniform, and was not supporting one cause or the other. Our society has evolved to the point where upon any issue, there is already great debate, and almost never does a great majority convict people of a crime if there is not overwhelming evidence against them. Perhaps if Salem had thought over their actions more carefully, and been further advanced in their court system principles, they too might have escaped their tragic demise.