Historical Witch Hunts: Arthur Miller’s The Crucible Examination
Introduction
Arthur Miller’s The Crucible was heavily influenced by the historic Salem Witch Trials and McCarthyism. Living during the Red-Scare in America Miller became aware of the parabolic properties that laid between the two, McCarthyism and the Salem Witch Trials. Arthur Miller was believed to have said that theatre could, “change the world.” For his case and few others, literature most certainly did alter the fate of the world. But to be more specific Arthur Miller assisted in saving America with his brilliant work The Crucible thanks to its understandable comparison. Published in 1952, the play was written to compare McCarthyism to the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. Both McCarthyism and the Salem Witch Trials provided the fuel to create a piece of literature that is cemented in history. Arthurs Miller’s play, The Crucible, takes place in a puritan village in the year 1692. The play starts off with Reverend Parris’s daughter lying ill in bed, bewitched by some unknown source. The night before, which is not performed, a group of Salem girls meet in the woods to cast love spells. Lead by the slave woman Tituba, the girls take part in singing Barbados songs and dancing around a cauldron. Among those …show more content…
Miller’s father owned a successful women’s clothing company but lost his company during the great depression. The Millers not being as wealthy as they once were had to find new residency in a smaller home within Brooklyn. Arthur Miller graduated high school and acquired miscellaneous jobs for some time but did not start writing till his college years at University of Michigan. His talent for writing plays did not go unnoticed as he received rewards for his early plays like All My Sons. Millers continues to do wonderful work such as Death of a Salesmen. Millers gets married three times; Mary Slattery in 1940, Marylyn Monroe in 1956, and Inge Morath in
Introduction
Arthur Miller’s The Crucible was heavily influenced by the historic Salem Witch Trials and McCarthyism. Living during the Red-Scare in America Miller became aware of the parabolic properties that laid between the two, McCarthyism and the Salem Witch Trials. Arthur Miller was believed to have said that theatre could, “change the world.” For his case and few others, literature most certainly did alter the fate of the world. But to be more specific Arthur Miller assisted in saving America with his brilliant work The Crucible thanks to its understandable comparison. Published in 1952, the play was written to compare McCarthyism to the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. Both McCarthyism and the Salem Witch Trials provided the fuel to create a piece of literature that is cemented in history. Arthurs Miller’s play, The Crucible, takes place in a puritan village in the year 1692. The play starts off with Reverend Parris’s daughter lying ill in bed, bewitched by some unknown source. The night before, which is not performed, a group of Salem girls meet in the woods to cast love spells. Lead by the slave woman Tituba, the girls take part in singing Barbados songs and dancing around a cauldron. Among those …show more content…
Miller’s father owned a successful women’s clothing company but lost his company during the great depression. The Millers not being as wealthy as they once were had to find new residency in a smaller home within Brooklyn. Arthur Miller graduated high school and acquired miscellaneous jobs for some time but did not start writing till his college years at University of Michigan. His talent for writing plays did not go unnoticed as he received rewards for his early plays like All My Sons. Millers continues to do wonderful work such as Death of a Salesmen. Millers gets married three times; Mary Slattery in 1940, Marylyn Monroe in 1956, and Inge Morath in