The Crucible, Fact or Fiction? Fact or fiction? Truth or myth? The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, is a combination of all of them. It takes place in the summer of 1692 in Salem Massachusetts during the Salem Witch Trials. This story is actually based upon real events, yet the truth has been indulged upon in order to create a more dramatic and suspenseful play. Although the central themes, events, and characters are basically somewhat factual, many …showed first 75 words of 686 total…

…showed last 75 words of 686 total…the trials to avoid conviction. Finally, Tituba was married to a man named John Indian (who was not mentioned at all in the play) and did not ever practice devil worship (Burns, Margo). In conclusion, this play was greatly exaggerated in order to suite such a diverse group of readers. However, most of the main points and events did actually happen. The truth was just stretched to make it sound more interesting to the reader.