Artists use brushes of different textures and paints of diverse shades to create their masterpieces. Similarly, playwrights use different tools to make a performance worth viewing. In Arthur Miller's The Crucible, there is a definite link between character, symbolism, and theme which the author uses effectively to tell the story of a village in chaos. There is an unambiguous relation between the protagonist, John Proctor, the symbolism behind the crucible, and the theme of illusion versus reality.

Proctor holds strong negative opinion of those in power and acts these feelings out discretely to reveal the chaotic state of Salem. He stands against the church when he admits "I like it not that Mr. Parris should lay his hand upon my baby. I see no light of God in that man," (Miller 96). John sees Reverend Parris as greedy and materialistic: "A minister may pray to God without he have...