Symbolism

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Symbolism

• Dictionary.com defines symbolism as the practice
  of representing things by symbols, or of
  investing things with a symbolic meaning or
  character.

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Symbolism in The crucible
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Crucible

• Websters dictionary defines crucible as a vessel
  of a very refractory material (as porcelain) used
  for melting and calcining a substance that
  requires a high degree of heat
  

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Crucible

• The second definition given by Websters
  dictionary defines a crucible a severe test.

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• Mr. Proctor when the Devil came to you did you
  see Rebecca Nurse in his company? Come man take
  courage did you ever see her with the Devil?
• Proctor No
• Danforth Did you ever see her sister Mary Easty
  with the Devil?
• Proctor No, I did not.
• Danforth Did you ever see anyone with the
  Devil?
• Proctor I did not.
• Pg 140

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crucible

• The third definition given by Websters defines a
  crucible as a place or situation in which
  concentrated forces interact to cause or
  influence change or development.

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• page 114
• Abigail with a weird, chilling cry, screams up
  to the ceiling. Abigail pointing with fear is
  now raising up awed face toward the ceiling-all
  the girls doing the same. Then they all copy
  what Mary Warren says this is about the scene
  with the yellow bird.

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Crucible

• The final definition given by Websters describes
  a crucible as the hollow part at the bottom of a
  furnace where molten metal collects

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• The deputy Governor promise hangin if theyll
  not confess, John. The towns gone wild, I
  think. She speak of Abigail, and I thought she
  were a saint, to hear her. Abigail brings the
  other girls into the court, and where she walks
  the crowd will part like the sea for Israel. And
  Folks are brought before them, and if they scream
  and howl and fall to the floor-the persons
  clapped in the jail for bewitchin them. Pg 52

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Sources

• Definition dictionary.com and merriam-webster.com
  
• Pictures clipart, industrialmetalcasting.com,
  library.wustl.edu, inkpot.com, istockphoto.com
  and industrialmetalcasting.com

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Works Cited

• Merriam-Webster, Incorporated, comp. "Crucible."
  Merriam-Webster.com. Merrian-Webster,
  Incorporated. Web. 12 Oct. 2010.