Act 4: Crucible It’s sad to see how the town is falling apart because of these trials. “Cows are wandering loose, crops are rotting in the fields, and orphans are wandering without supervision.” People are either in jail or attending the trials or are just much too busy worrying about being accused of witchcraft to do much else. It seems that the only reason the Judge is even continuing on the trials is in fairness …showed first 75 words of 387 total…

…showed last 75 words of 387 total…play is about people relying more on gossip and hearsay than the facts, and the terror that could come from it. It’s about the state being run by the Church with no guidelines in what it can or can’t do. It’s about human nature; there are those who refuse to back down from their convictions, and there are those who refuse to back down even if their convictions are an outright lie.