Shielded Consequences During a football game, when the football coach calls a play, he does so to set up moves much later in the game. The coach knows that what they do will bring about a reaction, and the coach reacts accordingly. If this certain coach did not prepare and went play by play, the team would most certainly lose. In a similar sense, characters in The Crucible suffer from lack of planning ahead. In the play The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, certain characters are blinded by the situation at hand rather than considering the decision's long term effects. These characters demonstrate how people’s