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Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible relates to McCarthyism in numerous ways. Arthur Miller wrote the play during Joseph McCarthy’s reign of terror in the United States government, and incorporated many aspects of it in his play. Joseph McCarthy was a U.S senator who accused hundreds of other politicians, actors, businessman, and normal working-class people of being Communist or having Communist affiliations. He makes such audacious remarks as: “ I have in my hand 57 cases of individuals who would appear to be either card carrying members or certainly loyal to the Communist Party” and “The State Department, which is one of the most important government departments, is thoroughly infested with Communists.” These are very similar to the accusations that Arthur Miller has Abigail make in the Crucible, only 258 years earlier. Joseph McCarthy was a politician, one of many, but what he wanted was power. So he went on stage with an empty folder, and told people that our government was......

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