In the Salem witch-hunts, Arthur Miller discerned 'a kind of perverse, malign poetry.' Arthur Miller's The Crucible.

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English 10B Period 4                                                                                                Jing, Ge In the Salem witch-hunts, Arthur Miller discerned ‘a kind of perverse, malign poetry.’ Arthur Miller’s The Crucible provides an accurate account of the Salem witch trials which is set in 1692. During this time, people were peroccupied by a fear of the devil, due to their severe Puritan belief system.  However, it
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seems that this book also has its roots in events of the 1950’s and 1960’s, such as the activities of the House Un-American Committee and the “Red Scare.” Is The Crucible a work of art inspired by actual events as a response to political and moral issues then? For my opinion, it is. When Arthur Miller wrote The Crucible in the early 1950’s, the United States was experiencing a modern “witch hunt” of its own. Senator Joseph McCarthy, provoked by the Cold War, became fearfully convinced that Communists, or “Reds,” were polluting American government. He intended to hunt them out, ...

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