What Did Miller Have In Mind With The Word Crucible? (Brianna)

When Miller used the word crucible in the title of his play to mean a few different things. One meaning mean a container made of a substance that can resist great heat, for melting, fusing metals. This could mean that Abigail could resist the heat from the town accusing her of being a witch. The second meaning is the hollow bottom of an ore furnace, where the molten metal collects. This could compare to the girls being hollow not saying anything about the conjuring they did in the woods and just letting the “molten metal” {they towns hate towards the witches}. The third meaning is severe test or trial, which could mean the test ad trials the town puts against the so, called witches of Salem. The crucible also has one meaning in the bible for example, when god was crucified because people thought he was not telling the truth about not being the Lords son. When miller used the word crucible in the tittle for a good reason and a good purpose to connect the tittle to the story. Putting the word in the tittle has purpose because the girls blame everyone else to be witches to not get in trouble, so the people that they accused will hang.