CRUCIBLE A GREAT OR SEVERE TEST. THE CRUCIBLE : 1692 CAUSES FOR THE CLIMATE OF FEAR: §PURITANS ANXIOUS ABOUT RELIGION §LAND PROBLEMS §SMALLPOX EPIDEMIC.

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CRUCIBLE A GREAT OR SEVERE TEST

THE CRUCIBLE : 1692 CAUSES FOR THE CLIMATE OF FEAR: §PURITANS ANXIOUS ABOUT RELIGION §LAND PROBLEMS §SMALLPOX EPIDEMIC §INDIAN RAIDS §SPLIT 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 level §SALEM WITCH TRIALS =ALLEGORY FOR THE MCCARTHY ERA.

MCCARTHY ERA: 1950s §FEAR OF COMMUNISM AND RUSSIA §PRESIDENT TRUMAN ISSUED EDICT §HOUSE 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