The Crucible Notes Introduction. In the Introduction of the Crucible Arthur Miller takes a look as tome of the ugliest moments in American History, the Salem Witch Trials. He uses actual historical events of the trials to depict and represent the pressure to conform to a social norm. The people in salem were exposed as being witches at first to punish their unchristian behavior, and later as a form of revenge. People began to accuse …showed first 75 words of 222 total…

…showed last 75 words of 222 total…feeling of protection in their homes. He contracts the two periods describing the trials. He tells how in both the accused were brought up inform of a board and were questioned. Recovering one's good name required that the individual name other people who were Communists or witches, and had been involved in related activities. The hysteria of the Red Scare demanded conformity just as stringently as the theocratic government of S! alem, Massachusetts. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**