La”Trell Holmes
Hour 8
Research Paper
Is Arthur Miller’s The Crucible historically accurate? There are two answers to this question. Both yes, and no it is not. The Crucible has historical facts and information in it, actual events that occurred, but also some changes in the actual happenings of The Salem Witch Trials.
Yes, The Crucible does contain historical facts and information in it. It takes place in the correct setting. An early Salem, Massachusetts. Its characters were really there in Salem and went through these ordeals. Tituba for example, was an actual slave of the town’s minister. Rebecca Nurse was really tried for witchcraft and was hangedung. Mary Warren was a servant. She accused many people leading them to their deaths. More than 200 people
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In both the story and history, accusers in Salem accused people of witchcraft and they were tried accordingly. It began with Betty Parris having unexplainable symptoms and the only explanation for them was witchcraft. Her and Abigail Williams began to accuse people of witchcraft and all of Salem gets caught up in it. Rebecca Nurse was a character in the story that really existed and was accused of witchcraft and condemned to hang. Ann Putnam’s daughter, like Mary Warren, accused people. Mary Warren even accused the person she was employed to, John Proctor. Giles Corey was sentenced to be pressed to death.
Despite these facts The Crucible did indeed make some changes to the trials. There were certain tweaks made to the story. Historical documents and court manuscripts gave him the information he needed on the trials and on who accused who, and all of the charges. The dialogue and back stories between characters were mostly made up by Arthur Miller though. Abigail Williams did not have an affair with John Proctor. In all actuality she was a lot younger in real life than she was in the play. Small changes to further the story like that were