The Crucible of Arthur MillerReputation. Reputation is the general opinion of a private or public group of people or all people involved in a position on something relevant to a situation. For example, a great reputation in a sport will make you pay more or get picked for a better team. Reputation is an important issue in most everything. It's an important issue within virtual communities, businesses, schools, social status, and more. I find reputation relevant to Arthur Miller's screenplay The Crucible. In The Crucible, Miller presents his opinions on the facts of the Salem witch trials. In this way he offers readers of his screenplay a completely new point of view. In the following paragraphs I will analyze quotes directly from The Crucible to help make Miller's point of reputation. From one point to another in The Crucible, there is a dialogue that allows us to understand the point of Miller's reputation in a society. "I want to open up! I want the light of God, I want the sweet love of Jesus! I danced for the Devil; I saw him, I wrote in his book;