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An Analysis of Miller's The Crucible
The crucible is a play written by Arthur Miller. He was a famous American play write. The Crucible was first published in 1953. The play was based on actual events that led to the Salem Witch trials which took place in 1692.
Arthur Miller wrote the play to show that people had made many mistakes in the past. He compared ‘The Crucible’ to what happened in the 1950’s involving a Joseph McCarthy and McCarthyism. Joseph McCarthy had a job which involved hunting out communists; this was called McCarthyism. He investigated these on a suspicion. By investigating these people, he made them look bad. He ruined their lives and their businesses. The majority of these people weren’t communists but innocent people. Arthur Miller was trying to get the point across so that people understood that Joseph McCarthy was ruining innocent people lives.
The crucible is based on a group of Christian girls who were caught dancing around a cauldron in the middle of the woods. The group of girls decided that the only way to get out of trouble was to tell Reverend Parris that they where trafficking with the devil. The word about witchcraft soon got around the little village of Salem and the little lie turnred into a whole commotion. The girls then accused many innocent people of trafficking with the devil and the only way the innocent people could get out of trouble, was to admit to the false allegations. Many people . . . read more.
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