The Communist "witch hunts" of the 1950s prompted Arthur Miller to write about the mass hysteria of the Salem Witch Trials in his play, The Crucible. Miller captured the paranoia and hatred of the ... , Massachusetts resulted from the strict Puritan code which aroused the girls" interest in superstition and magic and caused strange behavior. The Salem witch trials were based on the Puritans" belief in the conflict between God and Satan. Puritans had always believed that they were the new chosen people, abandoning a land of sin ... across as a steady mannered individual, Proctor is not an unt...

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• Approx Pages: 8
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• Grade Level: High School

The Crucible and McCarthyism The Communist "witch hunts" of the 1950s prompted Arthur Miller to write about the mass hysteria of the Salem Witch Trials in his play, The Crucible. Miller captured the paranoia and hatred ... Massachusetts resulted from the strict Puritan code which aroused the girls" interest in superstition and magic and caused strange behavior. The Salem witch trials were based on the Puritans" belief in the conflict between God and Satan. Puritans had always believed that they were the new chosen people, abandoning a land of ... as a steady mannered individual, Proctor is ...

• Word Count: 2143
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School