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CRUCIBLE
A GREAT OR SEVERE TEST
THE CRUCIBLE : 1692 CAUSES FOR THE CLIMATE OF FEAR:
PURITANS ANXIOUS ABOUT RELIGION
LAND PROBLEMSSMALLPOX EPIDEMICINDIAN RAIDSSPLIT OF SALEM INTO 2 VILLAGES
ALLEGORY
STORY THAT OPERATES ON 2 LEVELS OF MEANING
PERSON AND OBJECTS REPRESENT MEANINGS OUTSIDE THE STORY
Literal level and symbolic levelSALEM WITCH TRIALS =ALLEGORY
FOR THE MCCARTHY ERA.
MCCARTHY ERA: 1950s
FEAR OF COMMUNISM AND RUSSIAPRESIDENT TRUMAN ISSUED EDICTHOUSE UN-AMERICAN ACTIVITIES
COMMITTEE LED BY SENATOR JOSEPH MCCARTHY
SUSPECTED COMMUNISTS BLACK-LISTED, FIRED, AND ISOLATED
Arthur Miller
Called before the House un-American Activities Committee
Refused to identify others involved in Communism: Charged with contempt of court
Passport rejected but the charge was later overturned
Married Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe
THEME
MORAL CHOICES PEOPLE MUST MAKE UNDER IRRATIONAL COMMUNITY PRESSURES
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