What was Arthur Millers reasons for writing the crucible?
Arthur Miller’s 1953 play “The Crucible” dramatizes the witchcraft trials that took place in Massachusetts in the late 17th century. Miller intended it to remind audiences of the similar persecutions being practiced on suspected Communists by the U.S. government of the early 1950s, under McCarthyism. McCarthyism, named after Joseph McCarthy, was a period of intense anti-communism, also known as the red scare, which occurred in the United States from 1948 to about 1956 (or later), when the government of the United States actively persecuted the Communist Party USA, its leadership, and others suspected of being communists. Loyalty tests were required for government and other employment and lists of subversive organizations were maintained.
