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Essay Archive - The Crucible
THE CRUCIBLE
The witch trials in Salem, Massachusetts in the early sixteen hundreds
was a time of uneasiness and suspicion. Anyone could easily turn in his or
her neighbor on the ground of witchcraft. Someone could merely say their
neighbor's spirit had attacked them during the night, which no man can
prove. Nevertheless, as a God-fearing community, they could not think of
denying the evidence, because to deny the existence of Evil is to deny the
existence of Goodness, which is God.
The most important scene in the play was act two, scene three, where
John Proctor is able to talk with his wife, Elizabeth, one last time. ....
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