Why did Miller Change events in The Crucible The Crucible is a book written by Arthur Miller in the 1950’s and is about the Salem Witch Trials. Although there were many differences between The Crucible and the actual witch trials Miller had good reason for making the changes for the book. Some of the things Miller changed to get the reader to side with the people on trial. Abigail Williams’ and John Proctor’s ages …showed first 75 words of 938 total…

…showed last 75 words of 938 total…about the so-called “witch trials” of his time as a protest against them. The play was about a love-scorned teenaged girl getting revenge on her former love. Bibliography Hill, Philip G. “The Crucible a structural view” Modern Drama December 1967: 312-17 Margo Burns. “Arthur Miller’s The Crucible: Fact & Fiction (or Picky, Picky, Picky…)” December 1999. www.ogram.org December 16, 1999 4:24 p.m. Oakley, J. Ronald. “The Great Fear” in The Crucible. By Arthur Miller. Evanston, Illinois, 1997. 199-221.