<Tab/>What is a crucible? A crucible is a time in history when political or cultural changes take an effect, changing a society into a different shape than what it began as. Throughout the play there is a battle between truth and deception that is set in the Protestant town of Salem, Massachusetts. In Salem at this time young women were accusing their elders of witchcraft just to get out of …showed first 75 words of 1099 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1099 total…Lies consumed the town early in the trials but as mew light shined on the situation the truth began to show itself. It was very evident that the people who were killed in the witch trials were killed for an unjust cause al because some young girls didn't want to be punished for their sins. This was a case where telling the honest to god truth would be ones demise. <Tab/>