THE CRUCIBLE

A detailed Summary of THE CRUCIBLE

The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, is a story that contains many

struggles. These struggles come about as a result of the strict

Puritan society in which the story takes place. There are two main

struggles in the book. The first never actually takes place in the

story, but is described many times throughout the first act and is the

basis for the trials. It is Abigail's and all the other girls' need to

be free and act like teenagers. The second is the result of the

corruption of the trials. It is John Proctor's fight to convince the

townspeople that the accused women are not witches (especially his

wife), and that it is Abigail who should be killed instead.

In Puritan society, the role of the child is to be quiet, and

of the restrictions of Puritan law. Her struggle is to do what she

many people dying, while the valiant efforts of John Proctor are

were going to be falsely accused by their neighbors as a method of

unable to save Salem from one of the greatest tragedies in American

will effect his image, and not of the fate of Abigail. It is this

the leaders of Salem that they are mistaken in believing in Abigail.

when John Proctor breaks some of the harsher of the Puritan rule, and

Approximate Word count = 508
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: English

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