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The Crucible By Arthur Miller

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The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller in 1953, is an allegory that reflects the influence of McCarthyism and the events that took place during Miller’s experience with the House Un-American Activities Committee. In the 1950s, Senator Joseph Mccarthy believed that there were communist spies within America that needed to be investigated and jailed by an organization, HUAC, and to name names. The House Un-American Activities Committee is an organization that sought to expel suspected communists from American society in the late 40s and early 50s, influenced by McCarthy indirectly. This group can be seen as the puritan court in The Crucible which made similar prosecutions to townsfolk in the play by investigating the accused for witchcraft.
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