The Crucible: Society Versus the Individual
Arthur Miller's The Crucible focuses on the fearful relationship between
society and the individual ("Readings on Arthur Miller" 145).
Individual: being a witch in the seventeenth century or being a
Communist in the 1950's. Miller states: The Crucible is involved
essentially with the social relations of human beings, and
consequently, the predominant emphasis in writing the play was on
the conflict ("Readings on Arthur Miller" 145). Although, both
situations coincide with inquisition and mass hysteria, they conflict
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Communism existed in the McCarthy Era, but witchcraft only
existed among the Salem townspeople because they were forced to
believe that it existed among themselves.
Arthur Miller was able to reflect the same dilemmas that existed
on both time periods. However, they differ in the actual existence of
the "bad" individuals. Many innocent lives and worklives were
claimed as a result of these trials, yet, Arthur Miller was able to
expound this through his works.
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