The Crucible is violent because, through the events of the play, innocent and good people are wrongly persecuted, imprisoned, and eventually hanged, by a corrupt justice system, for crimes they did not commit. The violence done to these individuals in the name of justice is disturbing and tragic. Take John Proctor, for instance: though he is not sinless, he is a good man. He is accused of witchcraft by Mary Warren, his cowardly and...
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