Does “The Crucible” portray what actually happened in Salem?
This is my opinion: when someone watches a play, he knows that he is partially suspending belief and not observing accurate visual reality. The words, not the stage setting, are the most important components of the play. Playwright Arthur Miller successfully used the Salem witch trials as a vehicle to talk about witch-hunts in general, but the Miller play does not attempt to make a historical representation of the witchcraft events. It also gives a dramatized, incorrect account of John Procter and Abigail Williams.
