Historical Accuracy Of The Crucible

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The Crucible is a play written by Arthur Miller and it is set in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. Salem, Massachusetts is where the witch trials took place in 1692 and 1693. My topic is about whether the Crucible is historically accurate or not. Well, the Crucible is not accurate. The witch panic began in Salem,Massachusetts. The panic began when Betty Parris and Abigail Williams started to show odd behavior. Betty Parris was Reverend Parris's daughter and Abigail Williams was his niece. Parris called a local doctor named William Griggs to find the cause of the odd behavior. Griggs told Parris that it was the Devil’s hand. That's how the witch panic began. In the Crucible, the witch panic began when Betty Parris falls into a coma-like