The Crucible
Significance of Salem?
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Salem, Massachusetts, is the setting of The Crucible. Salem is the real-life setting of the historical Salem Witch Trials which took place during 1692-1693. Salem was founded in 1626, and "to the European world the whole province was a barbaric frontier inhabited by a sect of fanatics who, nevertheless, were shipping out products of slowly increasing quantity and value" (Act I, p. 4).