As a victim of McCarthy's accusations, author, Arthur Miller, wrote The Crucible to put the trials in a different perspective. ... The title compares the cartoon to the literal witch hunt presented in are Arthur Miller's, The Crucible The theme of hysteria can also be seen in Arthur Miller's The Crucible. ... Arthur Miller does a similar job of drawing the paranoia of the Red Scare. ... Both Herb Block and Arthur Miller illustrated the strong feelings forged by this modern day "witch hunt." ... Herb Block and Arthur Miller endeavored to shed light on Senator McCarthy's co...

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The author, Arthur Miller, wrote The Crucible to show people McCarthyism was going far, to show the similarities in the time periods, and to help our nation use facts instead of fear. Arthur Miller wrote The Crucible to show people McCarthyism was getting taken too far. ... Miller wrote The Crucible to show the similarities in the time periods. Miller purposely made The Crucible to clearly illustrate similarities of the 1950s. ... Miller wrote The Crucible to help our nation use fact instead of fear when judging Communism in America. ...

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The Crucible Arthur Miller's 1950 play The Crucible uses literary elements to mirror the Mc Carthy Ear. The Crucible by Arthur Miller is a "witch hunt" play that takes place in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. ... Miller's 1950 play The Crucible expresses a variety of themes. ... In The Crucible reputation is a fear of guilt by association becomes particularly pernicious. ...

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Towns from New York to Savannah participate in this outrageous behavior, and when it comes to films depicting such grand dissipation, one of the best is Nicholas Hytner's "The Crucible." Based on Arthur Miller's play of the same name, "The Crucible" is set in the small settler town of Salem, Massachusetts in the early 1690's, a town with many young ladies looking for love. ... Many of the people targeted in McCarthy's hunt were celebrities based solely on the reason that they spend a lot of time outside the country; Miller topped this exclusive list and in response he wrote...

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Annie Yingling 10/22/03 English 2 The Crucible McCarthyism in America was a time of fear and distrust in fellow Americans. ... Through his subtle connections, Arthur Miller's play The Crucible efficiently shows the tyranny of consensus during the Salem Witch Trials, and during the period of McCarthyism. Although The Crucible debuted in 1953 while, McCarthyism was still at large it was not very effective in providing social commentary and promoting change. Miller wrote about the injustices against the disensus during the Salem Witch Trials. ...

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Arthur Miller's play The Crucible is a drama based upon the 1960s Massachusetts witchcraft trials. ... In The Crucible, a similar event occurred. ... Arthur Miller almost fell victim to the HUAC and blacklisting after the release of The Crucible. ... Arthur Miller wrote in Are You Now or Were You Ever? ... Quoting Arthur Miller from Are You Now or Were You Ever? ...

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Arthur Miller, who wrote The Crucible, a play depicting the tragic events that occurred in Salem, was "profoundly, angrily concerned with the immediate issues of our society." ... This anger with the events that transpired during the middle of twentieth century was what motivated Miller to write The Crucible. ... Arthur Miller's The Crucible reveals the human tendency to point the finger at others when one feels threatened. ... (Miller, Crucible 876) Her outburst at John is clearly caused by a sinister threat that Abigail utters in Act One. ... (Miller, Crucible 858) Although there is nev...

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The Crucible: Cause & Effect One of the most awful chapters in human history, is oppression. ... Arthur Millers' The Crucible depicts the Salem witch trials during the end of the seventeenth century. ... The Crucible is a terribly accurate portrayal of the accusations of communism in the United States. ... "The Crucible" is quite clearly a response to the political paranoia of the "Red Scare". Miller used his character introductions to include political commentary. ...

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In The Crucible, paranoia also led to suspicion of neighbors and friends for use of witchcraft and accused others for suspicion of witchcraft. Arthur Miller attended a meeting about how people saw communism and their perspective of communism. ... This was like the girls who had danced in the forest in The Crucible because they faked that they had seen those who were accused make a contract with the Devil. ... This was like the court in The Crucible where McCarthy is similar to judge Danforth in which he also wanted to do away with witchcraft within Salem and executed those who denied or did...

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The Crucible by Arthur Miller reflects the McCarthy era of the 1950's. Miller illustrates how the Salem witch trials compare to Senator Joseph McCarthy's Communist hunt. Set during the 1692 Salem hearings, The Crucible parallels McCarthy's persecution of Communists. ... (Theoharis) This resembles how the Salem witch trials run in The Crucible. ... Arthur Miller did not have the need to alter history's story of the witch trials in order for him to make the point that McCarthy's hunt for Communists was truly a twentieth century witch hunt. ...

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Because history is bound to repeat itself, characters from Arthur Miller's The Crucible draw parallels to characters in the McCarthy Trials. Few characters are shown to have ethics and morals in The Crucible, and those that do pay a heavy price. ... (Miller 1315). ... These people are gloomy for it"(Miller 1297). ... The Crucible most definitely showed parallels between the book and the McCarthy Trials. ...

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