1. Arthur Miller
Crucible also means a harsh trial or examination. ... According to Raymond Williams, The Crucible is a powerfully successful dramatization of the notorious witch trials of Salem. ... Miller used the Salem Witch Trials of the 17th century, to make an indirect, but assertive comment upon McCarthyism in American life (Richard Watt, Jr. 536). ... However, Miller was interested in the witch trials before he opposed McCarthyism however. ... Witch-hunting and the evil Salem trials in The Crucible was a work of social dramatic art making a statement of evil intolerance for global history (Watts viii)....
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- Grade Level: High School