The Crucible Summary
The play “The Crucible” was published in 1953 by Arthur Miller and takes place in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692 during the Salem witch trials.
The night before the actual action begins, Reverend Parris had discovered his daughter Betty, his niece Abigail Williams, his slave Tituba and some other girls in the woods, where they were performing an occult blood ritual and casting spells. Soon the rumor that something supernatural is going on in the village spreads and puts the village in turmoil. Abigail talks to Mercy Lewis and Mary Warren and tells them not to reveal their secret – that their “nocturnal activities” are there in order to kill Elizabeth Proctor. It turns out that Abigail had an affair with John Proctor, Elizabeth's husband, before
The night before the actual action begins, Reverend Parris had discovered his daughter Betty, his niece Abigail Williams, his slave Tituba and some other girls in the woods, where they were performing an occult blood ritual and casting spells. Soon the rumor that something supernatural is going on in the village spreads and puts the village in turmoil. Abigail talks to Mercy Lewis and Mary Warren and tells them not to reveal their secret – that their “nocturnal activities” are there in order to kill Elizabeth Proctor. It turns out that Abigail had an affair with John Proctor, Elizabeth's husband, before