Write a paragraph explaining the connection between the McCarthy era and the play. Be concise and prioritise your ideas. Think and plan before you write! Post to your blog before Monday's lesson.
There is a large and strong connection between the McCarthy era and The Crucible, as both accusing people who were innocent and were the result of hysteria. Miller wrote the play during 1954, and was criticized by some who claimed there were never any real witches, to which he responded, “this play is not history…” He experienced, first-hand, the McCarthy era, as he was accused of a communist-sympathizer. Miller’s simple response to this was to point out that anybody denying the existence of witches, in 1692, would have been executed. Many people in the village of Salem would hound each other until the other admitted they were a witch or died “guilty”. McCarthy also hounded the supposed Communists until they admitted, even if they weren’t. Miller has stated, “If I hadn’t written The Crucible that period would be unregistered in our literature…” Even though there is a strong connection, McCarthy and his followers still believed there were communists in the Government after the era.
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