Arthur Miller's indictment of McCarthyism in "The Crucible" 9 Articles

by John Devera

Arthur Miller's play, The Crucible, more than perhaps any other work in American literature was written to relate to a very specific and notorious political event. Miller has been forthright and clear about the connection...read more

by Ted Sherman

It has become fashionable to view the McCarthy era as one where innocent victims were destroyed by evil bigots. However, I've never quite carried a banner extolling those people who suffered under the McCarthy hearings. No...read more

by Kacey Stapleton

McCarthyism changed the political landscape of the country from the late 1940's and lasted almost until the end of the 1950's. The fear of a communist conspiracy to influence American institutions combined with a fear of ...read more

by Tricia Hayner

The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller in 1953, is a depiction of the hysteria incited by the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. Miller chose the happenings of Salem, Massachusetts to express his own views of America's political...read more

by EMSalem

Arthur Miller, an American Playwright, was one of those whose reputation was tarnished by his accusations of associations with communist sympathizers in the late 1940s and early 1950s. He successively fought back by writin...read more

by Basharat Abbas

After the world war II,America and Russia began to view one another uneasily.The two countries were based on opposing ideologies, namely capitalism and communism. In addition, each country was rapidly expanding its p...read more

by Zoe Trudeaux

Arthur Miller wrote The Crucible in 1953, in order to show Americans that fear and paranoia only leads to destruction. His play was based on the terrifying events of the Salem Witch Trials that occurred in 1692. He wrote t...read more

by Cameron Porter

"The Crucible" is arguably one of the greatest written works in American history, and Arthur Miller one of the bravest, admirable men of the 20th century. Miller wrote the play in response to what has become known as "McC...read more

by Jack Bates

The timing of Arthur Miller's CRUCIBLE couldn't have been planned any better. As more and more of Miller's friends in New York and Hollywood felt the heat of the Wisconsin senator's acquisitions, allegations that were clea...read more