Examples Of Allegory In The Crucible

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The Crucible a play by Arthur Miller was created in 1953. The Crucible was based on a Salem Witch trail which occurred between 1692 to 1693. Miller wrote the play as an allegory. The witch trail that’s took places in Salem shows how a community can be torn apart by lies, fear, and religion. Mary warren comes before the court and testifies that her nor the girls ever saw any witchcraft in Salem. She also confesses that people were making false accusations against her and were sending spirits upon her. Judge Hawthorne questions Mary Warren, “And yet when people accused of witchery confronted you in court you would faint, saying their spirits came out of their bodies and chocked you” ( 1305). Mary Warren agrees “that were pretense