Part one of term paper
The Crucible is a great play about the Salem Witch trials which history has never forgotten. What is a crucible? The dictionary has defined it as a severely difficult test or experience, and indeed the play does have a difficult test in the plot of its story. The author, Arthur Miller chose a great name for his play. It is mainly called ...

Part two of term paper
... subversive to the state. As you have learned by now some of the people of 1692 Salem Village may or may not have been looking specifically for witches. Other reasons may have occurred to make the cry " WITCH!" be heard. These hunts were unfortunately real even though there are no “real” witches. In the drama, the witch hunt put many people to the test of faith characterized by confession to being possessed to be a devil or denying it thus being hanged in front the town’s peopl ...