An idea that I saw circulate throughout the play entitled The Crucible was "acting" and lying. There are also many levels to the acting and lying some of the levels could be as basic as sleeping while others people their life. The lying starts with the little girls "sleeping". A quote within the time is by Rebecca Nurse she says "I have seen them all through their silly reasons, and when it come on them they will run the Devil bowlegged keeping up with their mischief." In this quote Rebecca Nurse is talking about how the girls who are "under witch spells" are really just faking it. This lying is very basic and is still done today. It is done today in the sense that some of us can block out other comme