... meaning to it? Well, The Crucible, by Arthur Miller is one of those books. To the untrained eye, this book might appear to be addressing the Salem Witch Trials, and the unfairness of it. To a more trained eye, it could all be a symbol addressing Arthur Miller's ordeal with Communism. Although I am ambiguous ... Your job is to breed, and take care of as much children as the Lord would permit you to breed; however, you successfully only give birth to one child. The other seven, or so, die from birth. How would you feel? Would you feel like it's no biggie, that it doesn't really matter; wo...

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... 1940. She and Miller had a daughter named Jane, whom he wrote his first children's book for. Miller once said that "you can not catch a child's spirit by running after it; you must stand still and for love it will soon itself return." (thinkquest). Arthur Miller and Mary Grace Slattery were ... Monroe. That same year, Miller was called before the House Un-American Activities Committee because of his play, The Crucible's obvious comparisons of the Salem Witch Trials to the recent anti-communist hearings. Arthur Miller and Marilyn Monroe's marriage has been called a turbulent one, it ende...

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