: About Me

Arts & Humanities > Playwrights & Plays The misuse of power in The Crucible (Arthur Miller)

1 of 1

Throughout the 1940s and 1950s America was overwhelmed with concerns about the threat of communism growing in Eastern Europe and China. Capitalizing on those concerns, a young Senator called Joseph McCarthy made a public accusation that more than two hundred "card-carrying" communists had entered the United States government. Though eventually his accusations were proven to be untrue, and he was censured by the Senate for unbecoming conduct, his zealous campaigning ushered in one of the most repressive times in 20th-century American politics. The writer wrote the play to show people what M...

More..

Writing:

• Marketplace Approved Writer
• Helium Charter Member