The perspective of political is inevitably shaped by the composer’s personal context and bias whereby tensions have risen between the political and the personal uphold pessimism and despair. Arthur Miller’s dramatic tragedy, The Crucible (1953) explores how individuals voices were suppressed during the McCarthyism movement in 1950’s America through the allegory of the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. Similarly, Robert Lowell’s poem, “July in Washington” (1964) explores the malaise in Washington DC generated by the obstructive power of the American Politics. Both texts explicate the power of political and social injustices to drive individuals to pursue their own motivations alongside the listening extract from Miller’s tragedy. The exploration of
