The Crucible
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Here you will learn all about the Salem Witch Trials and the book The Crucible by Arthur Miller.
The Crucible is a play written by Arthur Miller in the 1950's to represent Senator Joe McCarthy's reputation for seeking out communists. It is about the Salem Witch trials and how the townspeople of Salem accused random people for being a witch. It accurately demonstrates the connection between McCarthy hunting out the communists, with witch hunters hunting out "witches." People think that the Salem Witch trials were caused by insane people blindly pointing their fingers at people, but The Crucible shows its audience that the McCarthy Period was not very different from the Salem Witch Trials. On this website you will find information on Senator McCarthy and how Salem's geographic location affected its culture.
Here you will learn all about the Salem Witch Trials and the book The Crucible by Arthur Miller.
The Crucible is a play written by Arthur Miller in the 1950's to represent Senator Joe McCarthy's reputation for seeking out communists. It is about the Salem Witch trials and how the townspeople of Salem accused random people for being a witch. It accurately demonstrates the connection between McCarthy hunting out the communists, with witch hunters hunting out "witches." People think that the Salem Witch trials were caused by insane people blindly pointing their fingers at people, but The Crucible shows its audience that the McCarthy Period was not very different from the Salem Witch Trials. On this website you will find information on Senator McCarthy and how Salem's geographic location affected its culture.