KnowraThe CrucibleLinked fromLinked fromThe 10 pages that link to The Crucible, each with the reason it gives.All 10Broader topic 8Related 1Compared with 1ScapegoatingBroader topic: The play uses Salem to examine how fear turns accusation into collective punishment.Arthur MillerBroader topic: Miller used the witch trials to dramatize accusation and political persecution in his own era.Salem witch trialsBroader topic: The play made Salem a widely recognized analogy for contemporary accusation and fear.Historical dramaBroader topic: It uses a documented crisis to address political persecution in Miller’s own era.The Scarlet LetterCompared with: Both works revisit Puritan New England, but Miller centers collective accusation rather than adultery and concealed guilt.Political allegoryBroader topic: Miller used the trials as an indirect parallel to anti-communist investigations in the United States.Crucible steelBroader topic: Its refractory walls contain the charge while it reaches steelmaking temperatures.Simone SignoretBroader topic: Signoret’s screen work included this adaptation, made during her rise in French cinema.Beatrice StraightRelated: Straight appeared in the original Broadway production as Elizabeth Proctor.Billy ConnollyBroader topic: Connolly appeared as John Proctor in a 1996 television adaptation of the play.