Tragically Forced to Choose A Novel Study on The Crucible-Arthur Miller Written by Alison Friedt

Salem, Massachusetts, 1692. On the edge of a continent is a community dedicated wholly to the service of God. A gang of teenage girls, stifled by the crushing piety of their elders, dance naked in the woods. One girl, Abigail Williams, her innocence lost in the bed of John Proctor, drinks a charm to kill his beloved wife. Suddenly, the Devil is loose in Salem. The girls are discovered and the entire village is consumed by cries of witchcraft.
According to the Webster's Dictionary, a crucible is "a vessel in which metal is heated to a high temperature and melted for the purposes of casti…