Why Did Arthur Miller Wrote The Crucible

Many of the ideas and research found in Arthur Miller's article "Why I Wrote the Crucible" can be found inside of his 1952 play regarding the Salem Witch Trials:
"The Crucible". In preparation for writing the play, Miller researched the witch trials of
1692, and even took some of his own experiences, regarding the "Communist Witch
Hunt of the 1950s, into consideration. Various depictions of Miller's opinions and investigations are displayed throughout 'The Crucible". First of all, Miller, in his article, states "by 1950, when I began to think of writing about the hunt for Reds in America, I was motivated in some great part by the paralysis that had set in among many liberals, who, despite the discomfort with the inquisitors' violations of

This observation is best displayed in "The Crucible" by the Proctors' servant: Mary
Warren. When the girls start to accuse the townsfolk of witchcraft, Mary Warren was right along side them, but eventually, she saw the wrongness of their doing, and attempted to tell the truth to Judge Danforth. Unfortunately, the girls noticed her betrayal, and began to claim that she was taken over by the devil, and saying that she had taken the form of a great bird, and displaying her jealousy of Abigail. At this point,
Mary starts to become so frightened at the thought of her own downfall, that she turns the blame to John Proctor, and, once again, sides with Abigail and the other girls. Just like Miller said in his article, Mary Warren saw the downsides of doing what was right, and instead took the route to save herself, even if that meant throwing Elizabeth and
John Proctor, Giles Corey, Rebecca Nurse, and several other innocent townspeople to ultimate sorrow, and potential death. Another detail from the article that is openly displayed in "The Crucible" is brought to attention when Miller says: "In this remarkably observed gesture of a troubled young girl, I believed, a play became possible. Elizabeth Proctor had been

That Abigail started, in effect, to condemn Elizabeth to death with her touch, then stopped her hand, then went through with it, was quite suddenly the human center of all this turmoil." (page 3; paragraph 3). It wasn't certain that Abigail and John had an affair in real life, but according to Miller's research, Elizabeth, John, and Abigail were real people. The research he did helped form a key plot point out of observations of the history. In the play, one of Abigail's main drives of her actions is to dispose of Elizabeth, for reasons that are suspected to be that she wanted to keep
Proctor for herself, vengeance towards Elizabeth for casting her away, or being married to John, or even the hope that John will perish for denying Abigail's second approaches towards him. Whether or not that is truthful, Millers' research was able to help him form one of the most debatable and important parts of the Crucible. Miller's last comment was "always the crucial damning event was the signing of one's name in 'the Devil's book.' This Faustian agreement to hand over one's soul to the dreaded Lord of Darkness was the ultimate insult to God." (page 6; paragraph 1). Upon reading, in Miller's words, "testimony by the tome,