Crucible Essay Hundreds of years ago, there was a reverend named Samuel Parris. He had one daughter named Betty, and a niece named Abigail. Since Salem was a theocracy at the time, Rev. Parris was the head of the church and town. But due to his actions and lack of authority, many people were wrongly executed during the Salem Witch Trial in 1692. In 1953, a man named Arthur Miller decided to write a play based on …showed first 75 words of 511 total…

…showed last 75 words of 511 total…Goody Nurse sent her ghost out on her children and killed them. As the story ends, innocent people are killed. This will be known as a sad time in our lives and we will always remember what happened in the little town of Salem. Thanks to: Arthur Miller, whom was able to compile this play by using these themes, guilt, hypocrisy, and revenge, we are now able to relive what happened hundreds of years ago.