It is technically less interesting than its previous ones because it is b ed on a historical event which is explicit enough to solve, the difficult dramatic problems which Miller had originally set himself. ... In 1953, when the play was produced, the United States was in social and political turmoil. ... In 1953 The Crucible was attacked as a comparison to the current Senate witch hunts. ... Guilt... was directly responsible for the 'social compliance' which resulted in McCarthy's reign of terror in the 1950's: 'Social compliance'... is the result of the sense of...

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