The Role Revenge Played in The Crucible Revenge plays a major role in the play The Crucible, by Arthur Miller. Due to the social structure of the 17th century society it was very easy for the town’s people to believe that witchcraft was the cause of all the town’s problems. The arising suspicion of witchcraft allowed the town’s people to express their hatred toward others and led many to seek revenge against society, enemies and also neighbors. In a town where government was strict and sometimes unfair to its citizens, revenge was often taken out on the society. Pe