The Play Crucible is a fictional re-call of events in the American history surrounding the Salem witch trials of the seventeenth century which also provide the metaphor for Miller's parable of the Mc Carthy trials of the 1950s, John Proctor's agonising struggle with guilt emphasises the restrictive nature of the Puritan society. ... Hundreds of other persons faced accusations of witchcraft and dozens more languished in jail without trials. 1984 is about Winston Smith who lived in London which was a part of the country Oceania. ... They destroy the people's history and in time...

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