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Since the Crucible was written during the time of McCarthyism, the whole play is pretty much a metaphor for it. In the Crucible, people claim that there are witches and are posesed by the Devil. In McCarthyism, ramdom people were accused of being communists. If you didnt like someone all you had to do was lie and say they were communists. the same was true in the Crucible. one guy in the play, accusses someone of being a witch because he wanted his land. another accuses even the most nobel of citizens of being a witch. the play was designed to poke fun at McCarthyism and to show just how ridiculous it really was. by the end of the play the people begin to realize it has gone to far. this is the same as in McCarthyism, his "witch hunt" ended because people lost ffaith in what he was doing.
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∙ 11y agoEverything is (completely) different! John is a recovering alcoholic right of rehab just trying to have a fresh start in the subways of Chicago. Abigail is a prostitute on the streets of New York City just trying to make some money. In the end John Proctor and Abigail never meet once and John instead meets Bob Saget and they have 3 children together and film Full House. Abigail eventually dies from the sexual transmitted diseases that she contained in her system from the prostitution. All together the book was better and the film was a waste of my time.
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∙ 14y agoAll I can think of for similarities is that in both the book and movie, Giles Corey had weight put on top of him because they were trying to get some information from him, but all he said was "More weight!" And the girl in the beginning of the book and movie took her clothes off and she was naked. Also, when Abigail was in court at one time she pretended like Mary was hurting her and then all of the other girls including Abigail started mimicking what she was saying.
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∙ 9y agoThe crucible is about the Salem witch trials of 1692. Some differences between the play/book and the movie are: Hale's wife is mentioned in the movie and not in the playwright or book; In the movie Abigail visits John Proctor while he is in jail but in the play/book she does not; The opening scene of the girls dancing in the movie isn't in the book until later and is only mentioned but not described.
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People were judged by how they acted or what they looked like.
What historical event is The Crucible about?
Mccarthyism
What was the name of the play he wrote that was an allegory about mccarthyism?
The Crucible
What is a similarity between the Salem witchcraft trials and The Crucible by Arthur Miller?
The Crucible tells about the Salem panic using facts that make the panic into a close parallel with McCarthyism.
How was the Arthur Miller play The Crucible effected by the McCarthyism and the political climit of 1950's America?
mccarthyism=witchcraft=the crucible!! am studyin it gcse lol x
How did the political events of the 1950s influence the writing of The Crucible?
McCarthyism
Salem Witch Trials and The Crucible?
The Crucible is a play by Arthur Miller in which he mangled facts and theories about the trials to create an allegory to McCarthyism in the 1950s.
How is the crucible an allegory play?
yes, in fact it is. The Crubible is an allegory to McCarthyism, how people were accused, in this case people accused for whichcraft and lacked knowledge to believe they were true. You see this in McCarthyism, aslo.
When did miller begin writing The Crucible by Arthur Miller?
As Cold War paranoia pervaded the country, Miller penned his third major play, The Crucible (1953), as a response to 1950s McCarthyism. :)
What are the differences between Arthur Millers The Crucible by Arthur Miller and the Salem witch trials?
The main difference is that McCarthyism was a real political period in the United States when Senator McCarthy tried to scare the people that Communism was leaking into our government whereas The Crucible is a play about the Salem Witch trials.
What message is miller trying to send in The Crucible by Arthur Miller?
He is demonstrating an analogy between the Salem witch trials and the anti-communist ideals of McCarthyism in the 1950's otherwise known as the Red Scare.
How would the Salem witch trials connect to McCarthyism?
First, I must point out that the correct phrasing is 'how would McCarthyism connect to the Salem Witch trials" as the Salem panic occurred earlier. That being said, there is no direct connection. Nothing that happened in Salem affected or influenced McCarthyism. However, they are often associated because of Arthur Miller's Crucible, a play extremely loosely based on the events Salem. Miller wrote the play using the most general facts about Salem to juxtapose the two in order to show the similarities between the ridiculous nature of the Salem accusations and the McCarthyist accusations.
