In The Crucible, Arthur Miller depicts a torpid town called Salem, which is plunged into chaos by witchcraft. The first case of witchcraft emanated from a girl called Abigail Williams, a serpentine girl who manipulated the fear of witchcraft for her personal gains. Thus, the accusations undulated, and the entire town was soon plunged into mass hysteria. Although many believed the phase was transitory, the hysteria was unremitting, and continued to absorb more and more villagers. Soon, the social rules that had originally inhibited such irrational behaviors were broken down, and the village retrogressed to an uncivilized state of nature.
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