The Crucible Arthur Miller The selection, "The Crucible", is in the form of a play. The setting takes place in Salem, Massachusetts in the year 1692. The people of Salem led a strict life, whose concerns were mostly concentrated upon the worklife while following the principles and rituals of the Christian religion. Any time off of work meant that they would only concentrate harder on praying. They were a "God-fearing" community believing that they were under …showed first 75 words of 409 total…

…showed last 75 words of 409 total…confess guilt and yet they were innocent then they will be "damned by God." Arthur Miller, through the context of the play, could be telling us that when dealing with our inner conflicts, our desicions should be based on what our conscious thinks is right. The desicions that the characters faced in the story may be the most important desicions they have ever made. And the desicions they made was right with their own hearts.