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“The Crucible” was written in the early 1950s and is an allegory of the strong anti-Communist feelings raging in the United States in that period. At that time, congressional committees conducted investigations to root out all Communist supporters and sympathizers in the United States. Similar to the Salem witch trials, suspects were encouraged to confess and identify others in order to escape punishment. When it became clear to the people that regardless of their innocence, they might be condemned, they “confessed” and pointed their fingers at others in an attempt to save themselves, giving people the impression that the United States was being over-run by Communists and perpetuating hysteria. All this, is parallel to the witch trials in the play.
The play reflects the intolerance that people have for others who are different from them or who deviate from the social norms. Danforth, the judge in the trials
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“The Crucible” also reflects the flawed nature of humans, the instinct of self-preservation hidden deep down in each and every single person. As friends and neighbours start turning on each other, the reader wonders if the people around them would do the same and desert them in a crisis. Another type of self-preservation is seen when Danforth, seeing the unrest that has been caused as well as people losing faith in the court, gets Elizabeth to persuade Proctor to confess to the false claims. To see a judge, a person who is supposed to just and upright, actually stoop so low to preserve his own reputation is shocking and disgusting.
“The Crucible” reflects flaws that all societies, regardless of place and time, can possess. The corruption and the hysteria as well as the intolerance for people who are different do not only apply to the anti-Communist feelings in the United States during the early 19
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