Furthermore, I would like to show the destructiveness of rumours with regard to the executions happened in the late 17th century and accurate reflected in The Crucible. In this part I would like to elucidate Miller’s personal connection to the anti-communist campaign. The first part of my work deals with Arthur Miller, his life and his play The Crucible.
Relation between The Crucible and McCarthyismĪrthur Miller, one of the most important sociocritical dramatists of the 20th century, treats in his famous play The Crucible the witch hunts of Salem in 1692.Ĭonsidering this drama, the biography of Miller and the political situation in the date of origin of The Crucible, I would like to clarify the coherences between the drama and the highhanded persecution of inculpable humans in the American 1950s, at the time of McCarthyism.
Relationship John Proctor – Abigail WilliamsĢ.3.2 Relationship John Proctor – Elizabeth ProctorĢ.4.2 Consequences of Puritanism in The Crucibleģ.2 McCarthyism – Political Situation of the American 1950sĤ.
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