Arthur Miller wrote The Crucible as a social commentary on McCarthyism, the practice of making accusation of communist treason without proper regard for evidence which mainly occurred in the 1940s and 1950s. The Crucible takes place in Salem where people accuse the innocence for witchcraft in order to sustain or even gain power; Miller uses this play as an allegory to criticize McCarthy for gaining power through false accusations. In this play, Miller claims that people can gain power by telling lies. He shows his point through one of the main character of the play, Abigail Williams. Abigail is a teenage girl who is an orphan, being a female causes her to have little power in the beginning of the play. She is prohibited