They are easy to compare to McCarthyism and Miller was trying to make a point about McCarthyism. The Trials are also different enough that he could not get in trouble for writing about them to write about a senator.
Why did miller choose the which trials as the basis for the crucible
The Salem witch trials began in 1692.
Arthur Miller wrote The Crucible, he compared the 20th Century "hunt for communists" to that of the Salem Witch Trials.
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.
The judge presiding over the Salem witch trials along with Deputy Governor Danforth.
Why did miller choose the which trials as the basis for the crucible
The Salem witch trials began in 1692.
Arthur Miller wrote The Crucible, he compared the 20th Century "hunt for communists" to that of the Salem Witch Trials.
That would be "The Crucible". Written in 1953 by Arthur Miller.
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.
The Salem trials. The whole town goes insane by blaming each other of witchcraft.
The judge presiding over the Salem witch trials along with Deputy Governor Danforth.
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The Crucible tells about the Salem panic using facts that make the panic into a close parallel with McCarthyism.
Arthur Miller thought about how people can be accused of things without proof. He compared the Salem Witch Trials to himself and others being accused of being communist traitors.
Miller's play is titled "The Crucible." Is not a factual history of the event, but a mangling of facts and theories about the trials to create an allegory to 1950s McCarthyism.
During the trials, it meant absolutely nothing. The Crucible didn't exist. The Crucible, written in the 1950s, is very loosely based on the events of the trials and the author, Arthur Miller, used that loose basis to criticize the McCarthyists in the Senate.