The Crucible

The Crucible, the Red Scare and Other Witch Trials

1. What was Miller's point in writing The Crucible?

http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Lab/4191/MILLER/millers.html

This site shows the relationship between The Crucible and McCarthyism. You can find the answer to this question in the Abstract and Introduction.

http://www.evangelica.de/The_Devil_and_Arthur_Miller.htm

Okay, I know this is a lengthy site, but it discusses a wide range of topics: the many different views and reasons Miller wrote The Crucible, The Crucible and the relation to the Salem Witch Trials, and McCarthy and theocracy. Jump around on this page and you'll be able to find some good info (most of the info on Miller is in the beginning).

http://www.honors.umd.edu/HONR269J/archive/MillerCrucible.html

Here, Miller says that he wrote The Crucible out of desperation (6th paragraph). He also discusses the points he thinks his readers get from reading this play. Miller tries to explain the public's view when the play first opened and how it related to the whole Communist issue that America was dealing with.

2. How are McCarthyism, the Red Scare, Arthur Miller and The Crucible interrelated?

http://81.255.61.186/us/crucible/Coralie%20and%20Alix/Mc%20Carthyism.html

This site talks about McCarthyism, the Red Scare, and The Crucible and their similarities. It also compares The Crucible's characters to the Red Scare. Finally, it shows the relationship between the other two events to The Crucible's plot and setting.

http://www.steppenwolf.org/backstage/article.aspx?id=164

Wow! This site discusses how McCarthy used fear during the times of the Red Scare on Americans. It also tells how McCarthy "pointed the finger" at Arthur Miller after The Crucible premiered. It also describes what happened to his name in society after he was blacklisted, much like the controversy with John Proctor about how your name is what defines you in public. This is one of my favorite sites on the subject because it's short, to the point, and helped me understand the situation better.

3. Document other times in American history when 'witch hunts' were conducted and discuss the outcomes of the Salem witch hunt and the other witch hunts you find. What do they all have in common?

The KKK

http://www.iupui.edu/~aao/kkk.html

Scroll down to the heading that reads 'Origins of the Ku Klux Klan', that is where it really talks about how the Klan started and how it unintentionally had a snowball effect--kind of like the mass hysteria in the Salem witch trials.

Religious Witch Hunt

http://victimsoflaw.net/Religious1.htm

The article that really caught my eye, titled Mom's religion dominates custody hearing, shows how a woman's religious views were used against her in the outcome of her trial concerning custody of her two children. Click on the article, and read more about it--it relates to how the courts in the Salem Witch Trials abused their power.

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First Blog

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