... soon found to be defending himself against the charge of being involved in a Communist conspiracy. Miller mpared McCarthy to the Salem judges in a broad sense (Cliffnotes 52). In 1953 The Crucible was attacked as a comparison to the current Senate witch hunts. Critics said it was not a good play at that ... who refused to answer q stions and confess were executed during the seventeenth century. Authorities believed that believing in witches was extensive in America and Europe (Cliffnotes 44 - 45). Eric Bentley provides us with information that Arthur Miller had tried to apot osize this ...

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