The Crucible Title

Prior to discussion of the values of Puritan roots and significance of the crucible which the play adopted as its title, the events that took place in Salem seemed to be a mass hysteria over a “trend” fear of sorts.
The title of the play, The Crucible, was a clever choice Miller made during a conversation with his scientist friend who was experimenting with a crucible, a heating process that purifies chemicals. Much like the characters of the play, any substance that goes into the pot comes out drastically changed. As proven in the presentations, the title is a metaphor that epitomizes the events and characters in more than one way as it can also be defined as testing and trialing. One of the greatest secrets withheld throughout the course