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The crucible, is a play written by Arthur miller. This play was written in 1952, and was a dramatization of the Salem witch trials which happened in Salem Massachusetts. The witch trials were a series of investigations and persecutions that caused 19 convicted witches to be hung and many other suspects to be imprisoned. The witch trials caused an outbreak from fear and caused many friends and neighbors to turn against each other. Some events that happened in the witch trials are still not fully explained today.