Crucible Term Paper

Miller captured the paranoia and hatred of the 1692 Salem Witch Trials and made a controversial reference to his own society’s Witch Hunts during McCarthyism in the 1950s. In only 146 pages, Miller told us the stories of the lives of John Proctor, Elizabeth Proctor, Abigail Williams and others during the 1692 Witch Trials in Salem Massachusettes. The quiet Salem community was living happily in their own sleepy world, until several local girls fell ill as their …

…Because I am not worth the dust on the feet of them that hang! How may I live without my name? I have given you my soul; leave me my name!”(Miller, “The Crucible” 143) This could be interpreted as a message from Miller to those being accused of practicing Communism, the witch craft of the 1950s. Linking to the McCarthyism era of his time, Miller captured the paranoia and hatred of the 1692 Salem Witch Trials.