1. THE CRUCIBLE
Introduction Notes

2. HISTORY OF
WITCHCRAFT

3. HISTORY OF
WITCHCRAFT
Witch: A person (woman) who rejected God and made a pact
with the devil

4. HISTORY OF
WITCHCRAFT
Witch: A person (woman) who rejected God and made a pact
with the devil
Witches were believed to fly, bewitch people, work magic,
and turn into animals

5. HISTORY OF
WITCHCRAFT
Witch: A person (woman) who rejected God and made a pact
with the devil
Witches were believed to fly, bewitch people, work magic,
and turn into animals
Malleus Maleficarum was the book that explained what
witchcraft was and how to convict a witch

6. HISTORY OF
WITCHCRAFT
Witch: A person (woman) who rejected God and made a pact
with the devil
Witches were believed to fly, bewitch people, work magic,
and turn into animals
Malleus Maleficarum was the book that explained what
witchcraft was and how to convict a witch
Subjects were thought to be guilty until proven innocent

7. HISTORY OF
WITCHCRAFT
Witch: A person (woman) who rejected God and made a pact
with the devil
Witches were believed to fly, bewitch people, work magic,
and turn into animals
Malleus Maleficarum was the book that explained what
witchcraft was and how to convict a witch
Subjects were thought to be guilty until proven innocent
English people believed in witches, so did Puritans

8. ILLOGICAL
CONVICTIONS

9. ILLOGICAL
CONVICTIONS
Logical Fallacies: Apparently logical decisions based on
hasty generalizations

10. ILLOGICAL
CONVICTIONS
Logical Fallacies: Apparently logical decisions based on
hasty generalizations
Transitive Property (like in math!)

11. ILLOGICAL
CONVICTIONS
Logical Fallacies: Apparently logical decisions based on
hasty generalizations
Transitive Property (like in math!)
A=B

12. ILLOGICAL
CONVICTIONS
Logical Fallacies: Apparently logical decisions based on
hasty generalizations
Transitive Property (like in math!)
A=B
B=C

13. ILLOGICAL
CONVICTIONS
Logical Fallacies: Apparently logical decisions based on
hasty generalizations
Transitive Property (like in math!)
A=B
B=C
A=C

14. LOGICAL FALLACY
EXAMPLES

15. LOGICAL FALLACY
EXAMPLES
Witches are ugly
Women are ugly
Women are witches

16. LOGICAL FALLACY
EXAMPLES
Grapes taste good Witches are ugly
Women are ugly
Women are witches

17. LOGICAL FALLACY
EXAMPLES
Grapes taste good Witches are ugly
French fries taste good Women are ugly
Women are witches

18. LOGICAL FALLACY
EXAMPLES
Grapes taste good Witches are ugly
French fries taste good Women are ugly
Grapes are french fries Women are witches

19. ABOUT THE PLAY

20. ABOUT THE PLAY
Opened in 1953

21. ABOUT THE PLAY
Opened in 1953
Written by Arthur Miller

22. ABOUT THE PLAY
Opened in 1953
Written by Arthur Miller
Miller wrote it as an allegory of McCarthyism

23. ABOUT THE PLAY
Opened in 1953
Written by Arthur Miller
Miller wrote it as an allegory of McCarthyism
Miller was brought before HUAC (House on Un-American
Activities)

24. ABOUT THE PLAY
Opened in 1953
Written by Arthur Miller
Miller wrote it as an allegory of McCarthyism
Miller was brought before HUAC (House on Un-American
Activities)
Convicted of contempt of Congress for refusing to name
names of other communist sympathizers he ‘knew’

25. GOOD TO KNOW!

26. GOOD TO KNOW!
The Salem witch trials occurred in 1692

27. GOOD TO KNOW!
The Salem witch trials occurred in 1692
The Crucible is VERY similar to the 1692 events, but it is
NOT exactly the same.

28. GOOD TO KNOW!
The Salem witch trials occurred in 1692
The Crucible is VERY similar to the 1692 events, but it is
NOT exactly the same.
Miller wrote The Crucible to make a point, not to recite
history

29. GOOD TO KNOW!
The Salem witch trials occurred in 1692
The Crucible is VERY similar to the 1692 events, but it is
NOT exactly the same.
Miller wrote The Crucible to make a point, not to recite
history
He used many of the same names, people, places and events
as a setting for his allegorical play!