Question

PLEASE HELP - Why did playwright Arthur Miller use the 1692 Salem Witch trials as an allegory for McCarthyism in his 1953 play, “The Crucible”?

Answer 1

Arthur Miller uses allegory in his play, The Crucible, to show the similarities between the Salem witch trials and the Red Scare. During the McCarthy era, freedom was a very important aspect in life; during the Salem witch trials, religion was a very important aspect of life. In both of these events, people are frightened.

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