Prejudice And Discrimination In The Crucible By Arthur Miller

The definition of a crucible is a severe test, usually to see who can survive the roughest situations and overcome diversity. In this play, The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, it takes a whole different approach on a crucible using witches, spells, and even dolls.
In this book, The Crucible, by Arthur Miller it starts out by setting the scene in Massachusetts,1692, the story is based around the salem witch trials,which was basically where a whole bunch of women in Salem Massachusetts where accused for supernatural acts and burned or hung for thier wrong doing.
So in beginning it says that reverand Parris is mourning over his daughter, Betty Parris, as she lies in a comma.it says Parris is suffering from paranoia, stern, and old, which isnt good from anyone. There is a rumor going around the Betty is a victim of witchcraft. Parris sends for John Hale a witchcraft expert to help Betty. Rev. Parris aslo has a neice named Abigail. The rumor came around because he saw Abigail and several other girls dancing in woods in the middle of the night with a slave named Tituba.Of course Abigail denied being involved with witchcraft Rev. Parris is scarred not

Which is unusual for her. It is rumoured that Elizabeth doesn’t like women that are accused of wrong doing. And Abigail thinks it’s about her not working like a slave. Abigail states that Rev. Parris only cares about her employment status. Thomas Putnam, a Salem landowner, and his wife, who lost seven children before, walks into the room with Ruth and they claim they saw Betty flying over houses. Mrs. Puttman blames witchcraft for the seven deaths from the seven babies. But Thomas refuses to blame witchcraft until he consults with Rev. Hale. Abigail comes back to Betty to give a damage report and they argue and end in a scuffle. Betty says to only admit they danced and a conjured deaths