Themes in "The Crucible" The play The Crucible introduces us to some vital insights by the themes presented throughout it. ... This theme is displayed in the past in Hollywood as well as Salem. These two themes displayed in The Crucible are applied to today's life as well as in past historic events. ... Ten Hollywood directors and screenwriters with communist ideals, named the "Hollywood Ten", chose not to talk and were fired as well as sentenced to serve time in jail for not naming other members of the communist party. ... In conclusion, the theme of fear and suspicion in society ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In The Crucible, a similar event occurred. ... In 1947, the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC) responded to charges that Hollywood was riddled with communists; it investigated people in the movie industry. A group of film directors and writers, known as the Hollywood Ten, refused to answer HUAC's questions and went to jail. ... The Hollywood Ten upheld their Fifth Amendment rights in front of HUAC by refusing to answer any of the committee's questions, and stood silent. ... These quotes explain the essence of The Crucible and McCarthyism. ...

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In Hollywood many figures of the film industry were arrested because of the red scare. ... In The Crucible, paranoia also led to suspicion of neighbors and friends for use of witchcraft and accused others for suspicion of witchcraft. ... Hiss was accused for perjury for sending papers to the Soviet Union and lying on oath and was sent to prison for ten years. This was like the girls who had danced in the forest in The Crucible because they faked that they had seen those who were accused make a contract with the Devil. ... This was like the court in The Crucible where McCarthy is similar to...

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Crucible also means a harsh trial or examination. ... The Senator was responsible for the investiga ons to find communists in the State Department, Hollywood, and the U.S. ... In 1953 The Crucible was attacked as a comparison to the current Senate witch hunts. ... The Crucible was included in schools as a modern classic. ... To avoid being hanged many people in The Crucible confessed to sins they did not commit. ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School