The Crucible: Issues The Crucible, an extremely climactic play, written by playwright Arthur Miller, explores the unascertained realm of witchcraft among many other abstractions of nature. Among these include the dangers of religion, the ignorance and abuse of power, and the maturity of the mind. This play also has a strong relevance with the McCarthy hearings of the 1950’s. Throughout this play a strong incomprehensible mist hangs in your mind about the conduct of the people of Salem. I can only think and wonder of the causes of these actions and the effect on many of the people involved emotionally. Through this essay I hope to better explain some of the issues I got from readi