The Crucible: Conflicts Between Individuals and Society In Arthur Miller's The Crucible, there was a conflict between individualism and society. Throughout the story there were those who symbolized individualism, the Puritan belief that conflicted with individualism, and Miller conveys the play about individualism and the responsibility of the individual of her/his society. The Crucible was an indirect description of what was happening during Miller's days during the time of Russian Communists immigrating to America. Americans treated the Russians the same way the people in Salem treated those who were accused of being a witch. Russians represen