The Crucible Thesis

In The Crucible is a play written by Arthur Miller about the Salem witch trials that happened during the 1600’s. Arthur Miller wrote The Crucible in 1952 during the Red Scare, “The Red Scare describes the time in American History following World War II when tension between Americans and other Communist countries, specifically the Soviet Union, were threateningly high” (Allison). During this time period many Americans spoke out about their situation, including Arthur Miller. He wrote The Crucible to make a statement on the Communist Hunt in the U.S. government. Did Arthur Miller write The Crucible to speak on the witch trials or did he write it to speak about the U.S. government?
To answer this thesis question we first have to understand to understand Arthur Miller’s viewpoint. Arthur quotes, “The Crucible was an act of desperation.” (Miller). He began
He mapped a situation that has continued through history of one party accusing the other under false terms. The Crucible became very popular later on after the Red Scare and gives readers and actors an idea into the events of the Cold War and the terror that spread across the U.S. Arthur Miller quoted, “I don't know what The Crucible is telling people now, but I know that its paranoid center is still pumping out the same darkly attractive warning that it did in the fifties.” (Miller).
In summation, Arthur Miller wrote The Crucible to preserve history and compare two different time periods that had a common similarity. He used his experiences and researched the past to make a emotional and moving play that lasts to this day. By using his own experiences during the Cold War and his experiences and readings in Salem, Miller combined the two backgrounds. The Crucible will forever live on as a reminder of the Red Scare and the witch trials in Salem. Two different time periods combined to make a very interesting and riveting play to teach the