Theme of the Crucible
Theme Development in The Crucible
The Crucible by Arthur Miller is a historical play,
but more importantly a social and psychological drama.
The various ways the themes are developed through The
Crucible are through characters, plot, setting and
dialogue.
The importance of the witch-trials is, according to
Raymond Williams, that in them 'the moral crisis of a
society is explicit, is directly enacted and stated,
in such a way that the quality of the whole …
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…theme 'evil' can be developed
through characters such as Rebecca Nurse who warns us
of the danger of seeking of spirits and Abigail
Williams who is evil, commits lechery with John
Proctor, her jealousy of Elizabeth Proctor and accuses
innocent people of being witches. The dialogue that is
spoken between the characters shows an evil trait, and
some characters speak of evil such as Rebecca Nurse.
All these, and others help to develop the theme.
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