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    Arthur Miller wrote The Crucible in 1952 as an allegory for McCarthyism and the Red Scare occurring in the United States at the time. During the 1692 Salem witch trials, people were accused of witchcraft based on spectral evidence alone and forced to name others or face trial and shunning, similar to accusations of communism during the Red Scare. Miller drew parallels between the two periods of hysteria and aimed to impart a lesson on how easily fear and suspicion can overwhelm reason and justice.

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    Arthur Miller wrote The Crucible in 1952 as an allegory for McCarthyism and the Red Scare occurring in the United States at the time. During the 1692 Salem witch trials, people were accused of witchcraft based on spectral evidence alone and forced to name others or face trial and shunning, similar to accusations of communism during the Red Scare. Miller drew parallels between the two periods of hysteria and aimed to impart a lesson on how easily fear and suspicion can overwhelm reason and justice.

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    The Crucible Film Activity

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    Arthur Miller wrote The Crucible in 1952 as an allegory for McCarthyism and the Red Scare occurring in the United States at the time. During the 1692 Salem witch trials, people were accused of witchcraft based on spectral evidence alone and forced to name others or face trial and shunning, similar to accusations of communism during the Red Scare. Miller drew parallels between the two periods of hysteria and aimed to impart a lesson on how easily fear and suspicion can overwhelm reason and justice.

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    Why did Arthur Miller write The Crucible?

    In 1692, hysteria began to


    spread out of fear of…
    HYSTERIA In 1952, hysteria began to
    spread out of fear of…

    The reason it was hard to defend The reason it was hard to defend
    yourself against accusations during yourself against accusations during
    this time was because the court this time was because the HUAC
    accepted spectral evidence. Which accepted speculative evidence.
    means that if a person showed signs Which means that if a person showed
    of witchcraft by… signs of communist alliances by…

    …then this person had to face trial,


    …then this person had to face trial,
    divulge names of other “Communist
    give names of other “witches,” and
    sympathizers,” and be shunned or
    be shunned by their community. blacklisted by their community.

    Arthur Miller himself was blacklisted as a playwright for not giving up names to the government. So in
    summation, why did Miller write The Crucible? What lesson did he aim to impart on the audience?

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