Miller used the play as a criticism of McCarthyism. The Crucible is about the witch-hunt, plus trials that took place in Salem in 1692. In this play people cared about other people's business and being accused of witchcraft was the most dangerous sin. To avoid being hanged people accused others... so yeah
It's that one person in you're class who's always funny or trying to be
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"a load, that which is borne or carried," Old English byrðen "a load, weight, charge, duty;" also "a child;" from Proto-Germanic *burthinjo- "that which is borne" (source also of Old Norse byrðr, Old Saxon burthinnia, German bürde, Gothic baurþei), from PIE root *bher- (1) "to carry," also "to bear children."
