Theme of the Crucible

A detailed Summary of Theme of the Crucible

The Crucible by Arthur Miller is a historical play,

but more importantly a social and psychological drama.

The various ways the themes are developed through The

Crucible are through characters, plot, setting and

The importance of the witch-trials is, according to

Raymond Williams, that in them 'the moral crisis of a

society is explicit, is directly enacted and stated,

in such a way that the quality of the whole way of

life is organically present and evident in the

qualities of persons' (Drama from Ibsen to Brecht,

1968). For Williams this is a dramatic device that

enables the playwright to explore the evil forces in

Salem society let loose by the revelation of

Rebecca nurse warns that 'there is prodigious danger

in the seeking of loose spirits. I fear it. I fear it.

Let us rather blame ourselves!' But her warning is not

heeded and a pandora's box is opened. We

seek public approval; the fear of punishment that

Miller's compassionate humanism does not give him a

good deal of both physical and spiritual cruelty. What

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Category: English

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