Persecution has been going on for some time and can be traced historically from the time of Jesus to the present day. The first Christians were persecuted for their faith by the Jews. Many Christians have been persecuted in history for their allegiance to Christ and forced to denounce Christ and others have been persecuted for failing to follow the laws of the land. The act of persecution is based on religion, gender, race, different beliefs and sexual orientation. Persecution is a cruel and inhumane act that should not be tolerated as people are tortured to death. In the Crucible, people were persecuted due to alleged witchcraft. The Crucible is a 1953 play by Arthur Miller. Initially, it was known as The Sarah Good Chronicles. The Crucible is set in the Puritan town of Salem, Massachusetts. It talks about the McCarthyism that occurred in the late 1600s, during which the general public and people like Arthur Miller were judged and persecuted. The Crucible illustrates the persecutions during the Salem witch trials. People were convicted and hanged without any hard evidence of any crime. Persecutions were the order of the day. When an individual was pointed out as a witch, Deputy Governor Danforth never looked for evidence against them or evidence that incriminated them; he ordered them to be hanged. This is seen through his words: “Hang them above the city!” Who cries for these, cries for corruption! (1273), the people were persecuted without purpose. The play's four main characters, John Proctor, Abigail Adams, Reverend Hale, and Reverend Parris, are caught in the middle of the witchcraft panic that reigns in the religious district of Salem, Massachusetts in the late 1990s. 1690. Persecution is the most prominent theme of The Crucible, the leaders and citizens of Salem attack and persecute one of their own without any tangible evidence against them. In the Crucible, persecution exists between friends and enemies in the room. Girls might falsely accuse people they hate of practicing witchcraft in order to persecute them. Additionally, friends whose friendship had ended also accused their former friends of witchcraft. An example is Abigail who not only persecutes her enemies but also her friends and family. She accuses Mary Warren of bewitching her when she confessed her lies to the other girls. In The Crucible, the defendants were unfairly tried and convicted based on limited evidence or even word of mouth from the girls..