“There is in all children a natural corruption and root of actual rebellion against God” (Robinson). In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, the Puritan community of Salem gets swept up in mass hysteria and madness, falling for the false accusations of witchcraft made up by the children. The desperate act of accusing others of witchcraft becomes the children’s avenue of power in the constricting society of Salem, self-preserving themselves from their abominations performed in the forest. By depicting the children as the accusers, Miller illustrates how a child’s deceptive appearance of innocence, mysterious operation of imagination, and search for attention, play a major influence in contributing to the unjustified deaths of many during the Salem
