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Miller’s Background 1915-2005 Wrote plays at a university Middle class – from New York Settled in Brooklyn and used this city as a model for Death of a Salesman (pulitzer prize)

Influence was Depression and Henrik Ibsen who tackled subjects such as guilt, sexuality, and mental illness

Meaning of the Title A container that resists heat or the hollow at the bottom of an ore furnace. Its connotations include melting pot, in the symbolic sense, and bearing of a cross

McCarthyism Early Cold War era Wisconsin Senator Joseph McCarthy-senator until Feb 1950 Public charge that 205 communists had infiltrated State department

He creates HUAC (House Un-American Activities Committee) Some testified to avoid prison If refused to testify-prison 300 entertainers on blacklist-no work in major studios

McCarthy never able to show any evidence of the accusations/ Mainly entertainment business Hollywood directors, actors and writers

Arthur Miller was also blacklisted and if blacklisted then no credit for productions First became aware of Salem witchcraft during a college history class. Later he came upon Marion Starkey’s book, The Devil in Massachusetts, which dealt with the Salem witch hunts in detail and got him thinking about this time in history.

Themes Miller’s plays explore family relationships, morality, and personality responsibilities. Integrity

Purpose of the Play 1. Examine authority Government Religion Unreliable sources 2. Expose mass hysteria and types of judgment 3. Expose and examine human characteristics

Allegory Persons and objects in the story represent meaning outside the story. Paranoia about Communist infiltration into the US is reflective of the paranoia and hysteria surrounding the Salem Witch Trials.

Historical Accuracy Salem Witch Trials Abigail was only 11 in 1692 so age is raised in order to have an adulterous relationship between Abigail and John Proctor and supplies a motive

Go to www.3.nationalgeographic.com/salem/end.html

MLA Citation of Videocassette The Crucible. Dir. Nicholas Hymer. Perf: Daniel Day-Lewis, Winona Ryder, Paul Scofield, Joan Allen, Bruce Dawson, Rob Campbell, and Jeffrey Jones. Twentieth Century Fox, 1996.