Consider an angle that incorporates the background of the play itself...

Consider an angle that incorporates the background of the play itself (1692) and the political background at the time Miller wrote The Crucible (1953). In this case, an introduction would include a comparison of these two backgrounds. The play is set in 1692 and is loosely based on a real episode in Salem, Massachusetts when many people were accused of witchcraft and twenty people were put to death. The hysteria that fueled these accusations...