the crucible

The Crucible In literal terms, a crucible is a little metal bowl used to heat metals to break them down into their original elements. In Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible, the title plays a very important role in symbolizing what the characters themselves go through. They were put to the test and broken down to see what their original feelings and thoughts were. Miller easily shows the crucible experience in 3 main characters. He shows …

…in these characters can easily be traced back to their crucible experience. As in a real crucible, the characters were tested over and over again and eventually their true feelings and beliefs came out and were all they had to show in the end. In the book The Crucible, Arthur Miller showed very easily how the people it was made of could be broken down and left with only to show who they really are.