The Crucible Synthesis

In Arthur Miller’s article Are You Now Or Were You Ever? Miller explains the events before writing the play The Crucible such as the paranoia that inspired his piece of writing. Miller’s purpose in the article is to inform the audience about of the events of the time that motivated the creation of Miller’s play. Logos is the use of an author’s credibility Miller was experiencing the events first-hand at the time which he connects in the article and the audience. What crisis in the late 40s and early 50s inspired the creation of The Crucible and why was it made? Many groups or beliefs were causing trouble with people a tremendous amount of trouble that Miller explained the importance and fear. A movement called the communist rage was one event that caused tensions starting what people called an “ideological war” where it is a battle of ideas and according to Miller “since the enemy is an idea whose proponents are not in uniform but are disguised as ordinary citizens, a situation that can scare a lot of people to death” fueling the hysteria in the time that he experienced. What really pushed the panic was groups such as the Heart of Darkness who were attempting to undermine the American government causing a modern witch hunt for people …show more content…
During the time between the late 40s and early 50s a similar event that happened in the 1690s a modern witch hunt involving the search of communists in the crowd of everyday people. Similarly to the witch hunt of Salem that required Miller to do research and connect to the red scare in the time period that he knew the reader of this book could relate to. Even to a person who has not read The Crucible, in the article he explains how the events during the time could help a reader infer what was going on. The book was written to highlight the tragic events going on Miller’s exclamation gave insight as well as the paranoia and connections to the