Introduction Arthur Miller's play "The Crucible,"" was first published in 1953 during the politically tumultuous time of McCarthyist America. ... Throughout "The Crucible," John Proctor is not the same type of in his own eyes as others perceive him. ...
The Crucible as a timeless play The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller, is a text that can definitively be defined as timeless, and therefore relevant to any audience in any society it is being read. ... The characters themselves also help to make The Crucible the timeless play it is. ... Miller originally wrote The Crucible as an allegory about the 1950s American fear of Communism. ... Hence the writing of and performance of The Crucible in 1953. ... Another motivating factor for Miller's writing of The Crucible was "man's inhumanity to man". ...
