Research Paper On The Crucible

The Crucible Essay Arthur Miller, born on October 17, 1915 in Harlem, New York was a successful play- writer. He wrote The Crucible in 1953 to show the effect of falsely accusing people with something that they have not done (“Arthur Miller Biography”). He compares the accusation of being called a witch during the Salem trials to being called a Communists during his era. He was inspired to write this play after Joseph McCarthy, and House Committee on Un- American Activities were going after Communists (Miller, Arthur). At this time news didn't travel as fast as it does today and people usually believed and accepted whatever the majority of people and the people with power said. They didn't think for themselves and went after communists and accused many innocent people. This is a lesson to the people today that we should think for ourselves and focus on what is right instead of on what people want you to believe.
Today most people have the the resources to help them decide for themselves what's right and what's wrong. In the past people could not go search up news on the internet like we do today, so they just believed what they were told. Even with these resources and advances in technology people are still tempted to follow whatever the majority of people are doing today though. An example of this today would be that many people think spending time on the internet and using social media in a high amount is bad for a person, but it has actually been proven to reduce stress in senior citizens and raise the amount of knowledge a person has (“Why the Internet and Social Media is Good For You?”). Still people today believe the myth that it is wrong to spend a lot of time on these activities because they adapted to the reasoning saying that it is harmful for