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Q: Why was Arthur miller fascinated by the witch trials?
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Why did the Salem witch trials began in The Crucible by Arthur Miller?

The Salem witch trials began in 1692.


What event did Arthur miller compare the witch trials?

The McCarthyism of the 1950.


Why did Arthur miller compare the hearings to the Salem witch hunt?

Arthur Miller wrote The Crucible, he compared the 20th Century "hunt for communists" to that of the Salem Witch Trials.


What was the name of the play about the Salem witch trials?

That would be "The Crucible". Written in 1953 by Arthur Miller.


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.


Who is hathorne in The Crucible by Arthur Miller?

The judge presiding over the Salem witch trials along with Deputy Governor Danforth.


What did arthur think about most when he was writing The Crucible by Arthur Miller?

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.


Arthur Miller's dramatic portrayal of Salem leading up to the witch trials?

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.


What are the themes of The Crucible by Arthur Miller by Arthur Miller?

Witch Stuff.


Why was The Crucible wrote?

Because the author, Arthur Miller, went through a similar, but more modern ersion of the Salem witch trials, the McCarthy Witch trials, where they tries communists instead of witches. Like Proctor, Miller refused to betray himself and insisted on his innocence


Why did Miller choose the Salem Witch Trials as the basis for The Crucible?

Why did miller choose the which trials as the basis for the crucible


Why did Arthur miller choose to write a novel about a692 and the Salem witch trials?

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.