Statements of Meaning People interpret different things in different ways, such as someone looking at a cross, some people just see it as two lines intersecting and some people look more deeply and see their religious beliefs. In The Crucible by Arthur Miller, three definitions define this book in literal and metaphoric ways, including characters, their emotions, and the restrictions of the Puritan ways. To begin, the definition, container made of a substance that can resist great heat for melting, fusing, or calcining ores, represents a specific character, John Proctor. John Proctor is self-defensive and a man of his word. Proctor says, “There be no love for Satan in this house, Mister!”(Miller 33) and , he also says, “I have no knowledge