Question

A crucible is a difficult test or challenge that forces people to change or make difficult decisions. What is this “test,” and who passes it? Who fails it? Why do you think Miller decided to name this play “The Crucible?” Explain.

Answer 1

A crucible is a pot where metals or other substances are heated to a very high temperature or melted. In that new form, we can work with them and change them into something else even stronger. A crucible is also a difficult test, a place or situation that forces people to change or make difficult decisions.

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