Title: The Setting og Arthur Miller's The Crucible Word Count: 1 748 words Author: "Sylvester the Cat" The Crucible, Arthur Miller’s sixth play, is a study in moral values and honesty. The author puts in the spotlight John Proctor and examines his motives and explores his personal moral standards. Proctor’s struggle to find his inner goodness is made much more difficult by the atmosphere in which he must live. Late Seventeenth century Salem, Massachusetts is …showed first 75 words of 1947 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1947 total…victims, however, did not die for nothing. Their blood bought the new era of freedom and democracy that still exists in America. As the pregnant Elizabeth Proctor grabs the bars of her jail cellÕs window and looks outside on the new sun rising on Massachusetts, she knows that her husband has found his "shred of goodness" (144). Although several lives are forfeit, the Puritan theocracyÕs dark cloud is, to all intents and purposes, vanished.