“The Crucible” In 1692, countless innocent people were hanged, tortured, or stripped of their reputations because they were falsely accused of being witches. They would have to confess falsely to save their lives, otherwise their reputation would be tarnished. Arthur Miller shows the chaos of people constantly living in fear that their neighbor will become greedy and falsely accuse them of being something they were not. Miller does this through the book “The Crucible”. Motives of revenge, greed, and peer pressure contributed to the hysteria and hangings during the Salem witch trials. One of the motives that contributed to the chaos was revenge. Many examples of revenge appear throughout the book. It is human nature for a person to seek revenge for the wrongdoings of others. Abigail seeks revenge on the Proctors, because John married Elizabeth instead of Abigail, and Abigail continues her revenge by accusing Elizabeth of witchcraft. Putnam thinks he must get revenge on Goody Nurse. He thinks it's because all the Goodie land was sold to Giles Cory but was supposed to...