... known for their strong commitment to social justice, their concern for the ordinary person, and their intricate explorations of the inner lives of their characters." (Carson 24) The Crucible is no exception, as Miller's goal was to portray the social injustice of the McCarthy hearings by paralleling them to the Salem witch trials of the late 17th century. The atmosphere in America during McCarthy's peak of power was such that Miller ... could not write directly about McCarthyism. If he had blatantly criticized the McCarthy era or the Senator behind the hysteria ... ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... his claims, and then his following had died like the hysteria that he had brought with him; this had thus set the stage for Miller's play The Crucible. Arthur Miller had rewritten the Witch-hunt that had occurred there in 1692 into a fictional literary piece. The play The Crucible used the historical witch-hunts with fictitious characters to subtly question the actions that the government was taking to prevent communist spreading. It all ... began when Abigail had accused several people of doing satanic dances in the forest one late night, and after a string of bad events, led to people...

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