GCSE English Coursework The Crucible Essay - 1437 Words

GCSE English Coursework: The Crucible The Crucible. Arthur Miller, ‘The Crucible’ is a play based upon the events of Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. The story is about a religiously motivated town. The story is about a group of girls’ who are led by Abigail, who blamed witchcraft for their troubles. Being a strict Christian society the people of Salem believed in the girl’s stories. In conclusion this led into 20 people being falsely accused, and hung. The girl’s stories were easy to believe because of many reasons. Salem town was filled in a Puritanism belief. Everything they did was for God; they were doing God’s work. With this they believed that the bible was the ultimate answer to any question. When something went†¦show more content†¦During McCarthyism there was a fear in the US about communism. This is Arthur Miller got his inspiration from because both time periods had fear of others and both are alike. Both the societies are very similar. The girl’s stories could easier be believed; the bible says that children are pure innocent people. It mentions how adults should be more like children because of their innocence. The girl’s could easily be believed. If the society hadn’t of been religious then the stories probably would not of been believed. The people had religious attitudes. Because of superstition and old grudges, people would accuse people of witchcraft for ridiculous things. When Mrs Putman lost her babies she accused Rebecca Nurse because she had lots of children of her own and thought she was using witchcraft. She mentions, â€Å"You think its God’s work you should never loss a child, her grandchild either, and I bury all but one?† This clearly shows how jealous she was of her and led into her being hung. Other reasons for the hangings were people’s personal differences and grudges towards other people. Also personal differences complicated issues to do with the witchcraft also. John Proctor had an affair with Abigail Williams who was their former slave. Elizabeth Proctor fired when she figured out that they were having an affair. Abigail used this to her own advantage. As a physical appearance, Abigail is a â€Å"strikingly beautiful girl† but she is a person who