superstition in the crucible

. Superstition in The Crucible The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller, is based on the Salem witch trials in Massachusetts. The Crucible deals with a community, which everybody lived in a normal society and everybody attended church. However, one night, a group of girls were caught dancing in the woods. Some people accuse them for doing witchcraft. Therefore, they lied to protect not just themselves but the reputation of their families. They claimed that the devil …

…made them unable to adapt to a troublesome situation like witchcraft. If the community has a greater influence from another group of people, then the social structure would have been able to adapt. Superstition and scapegoating plays an important part in this play. This play shows that even a single teenager can harm an entire village by accusing somebody else of witchcraft. The accusation can later multiply and harm a large amount of innocent people.