2006-10-10 08:37:33 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Studying Abroad
If it's any help, a crucible is a small dish that is used to hold metal when you're melting it. It's very sturdy and heat resistant. If I remember correctly, The Crucible was about the Salem witch trials, so perhaps it's making a statement about either the strength of the accused, or how the incidents were causing a societal meltdown.
Just a guess.
2006-10-10 08:46:23 · answer #1 · answered by spunk113 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is the title of a play by Arthur Miller. It was based on the Salem Witch Trials, but was actually a veiled criticism of McCarthy and his communist crusade during the 1950s. The first answer is correct and the symbolism is that like the some of the characters in the play, the crucible does not melt under extreme heat and pressure.
2006-10-11 01:57:23 · answer #2 · answered by bboppins 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
IA crucible is a kind of bowl used to heat up chemicals or metals in alchemy.
Philosophically, the term crucible can refer to activities that are very difficult, but act as a refining or hardening process.
So its a place where something is refined or purified through difficulty or heat.
2006-10-10 15:47:49 · answer #3 · answered by cate 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a crucible is a trial. it is also a furnace. there is a saying about something called a "babtism of fire" where you are put into a situation you don't want to be in. You are literally thrown into fire, or a furnace. yea, i learned about "the crucible" two years in a row, so i know a lot about it.
2006-10-10 15:47:15 · answer #4 · answered by answer away 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I remember that as a title of a novel in high school English. Other than that, there is a play from the same title created by some Harvard students.
2006-10-10 15:51:50 · answer #5 · answered by QuiteNewHere 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
don't they play the snooker world championship at the crucible
2006-10-10 15:51:12 · answer #6 · answered by dublover 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋