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Crucible Essay

Arthur Miller's The Crucible describes the witch hunt that executed innocent citizens for crimes they did not commit. The play depicted the events fairly accurately but the real achievement of the play was to shed light on the modern witch hunt. Miller lived during the ninth teen – fifties in time when the new witch was a communist. Miller was affected by this new hunt personally having his own conscience tested much like the citizens of Salem, Massachusetts. This enabled Miller to write a play concerning two dark instances in American History, The Red Scare and Salem witch trails. The play deals with Miller's concerns with conscience, mass hysteria, and justice while indirectly relating to his personal arrest during the Red Scare.
The Red Scare (also Known as McCarthyism) affected many actors and playwrights. Senator McCarthy was elected in 1948 and was largely ignored and unimpressive. In his Communism trails McCarty made it clear that the only to evade jail time was give......


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