Focusing on the play “The Crucible”.Massachusetts in the 1690’s provides setting for the crucible and serval of the characters in the play are based loosely on those who were involved.Subtopics include : connections between the real-life participants of the trail and their fictional representations;the religious and social climate of the Purtains colonies, and how they influenced the accusations and the trails; connections between the witch trails of the 1690’s and the “witch hunts” of the McCarthy era.