Arthur Miller created The Crucible during the time of McCarthyism, a time where several people were being randomly accused and convicted of having any sort of affiliation with communism, even without substantial evidence. This, of course, threatened the lives of many people, especially those who opposed. Arthur Miller's main objective writing this play was to expose the deadliness of mass hysteria, abuse of power, personal spite, and collective evil amongst human beings. The 1996 Hollywood film version of The Crucible does an effective job of emphasizing these main ideas while also making room for a more modern appeal in the story, the film does this by sensationalization, the creation of scenes, and overall scene arrangement. These things
