Focusing on the title of the play, ‘The Crucible’ means a situation with severe trial which leads to a major change. In the play, many people from Salem are accused of being involved with witchcraft which led to a court case involving almost everyone. In the end, it changed the whole community of the town as lots of people were killed and the rest were still skeptical. This suggests that the title of the play is directly linked to the content within it.

This is evident in Act One where Rebecca Nurse speaks of Hale and how it is unecessary to bring in an external party to sort out a situation. This was the start of the conflict and led all the characters into the court cases.