Opposing Perspectives on Salem

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…while Miller wrote what he wanted the people to hear. By telling a story about the witch trials, Miller exposed the ignorance that led up to them and the extensive damage they caused. Doing this put the HUAC in a new light for his audience. Inversely, Mather was hardly more than a court reporter, recording testimony from one of the trials for the public. Clearly, these two men used different means to achieve different ends.