Arthur Miller demonstrated the familiarities of the life he lived in the 1950's and of everyday life we live and he lived in through his plays. He communicates through his work to the way people are in society. The extreme witch hysteria of The Crucible deteriorates the rational and emotional stability of our world's citizens. He exploits the population's weakest qualities, and insecurities. In Arthur Millers' The Crucible the breakdown in social order in act 4 …showed first 75 words of 2630 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2630 total…or not added to problem or admitted it was a hoax it would have never happened. If Abigail hadn't added to the story it wouldn't have happened. If Judge Danforth hadn't of been so single-minded he would have seen through straight through Abigail's sweet and innocent routine, and so on. But at the end as in many situations in our own lives no one is completely to blame. Very rarely is anything one person's fault.