Crucible (Carlton)

- The meaning of the word crucible that I think Miller had in mind when he was writing his play was number three a serve test or trial. The text talks about how certain people were accused and blamed of using or being possessed by witchcraft. So those people had to go to trial and if they were proving guilty of using witchcraft they would be hanged and killed. Abigail started blaming Tituba for the reason Betty wasn’t waking up because she said that Tituba put some kind of spell on them while they were dancing in the forest. She did this because people were starting to suspect that she was the one doing it to Betty. Then Tituba started confessing that she was possessed with witchcraft and that she saw Sarah Good and Goody Osburn with the devil when she really didn’t. Then Abigail and Betty join in with Tituba naming off people that they claim they saw with the devil. Now all those people who were accused have to go on trial and prove that they not a witch or go along with what the other three were doing and blame other people so they can say their own life.