The Crucible by Arthur Miller

The fictitioushood, The crucible was written in 1953 by Arthur miller, which was based on the Salem magnetise Trials existing in the late 1600s. In the play, Abigail and several other youthful women accuse innocent citizens of Salem for the action of witchcraft. During the trials, many individuals were unfairly persecuted such as outhouse Proctor. This event in history may be associated with the Red Scare, in which individuals were tried for their question satisfactory influences of communism in the joined States.When milling machine compares the character of John Proctor to himself, the reader is able to denote the connatural experiences that some(prenominal) men faced. The crucible demonstrates the struggle against corruption involving the tourist court, which clear to the death of many innocent individuals in Salem. The Crucible generates an allegory for Arthur moth millers struggles with McCarthyism because of his similar experience relating to John Proctors comba t against the Salem mesmerize Trials, and the relation between the actions of the court in both situations.Arthur miller uses several writing methods in order to convey The Crucible as an allegory for his struggles with McCarthyism. miller demonstrates how the Crucible represents an allegory for his conflict with McCarthyism by relating his experiences with the plot of the novel. Miller relates the novel to his struggles by stating, Should the accused confess, his honesty could alone be proved by naming former confederates. (Are You Now 34) Miller is explaining how the court operated, in terms of coming to their conclusions. He is showing the similitude between his experience with the trials involving the Red Scare, and the trials in Salem.The witchcraft trials were very overmuch alike the communism suspicions in the United States, in which many individuals were wrong accused for crimes they had not committed. The courts duty was to draw call of other participants of the so- called crimes. Miller indicates the parity in Judge Danforths statement to McCarthyism in the quote, Mr. Proctor. When the devil came to you did you see Rebecca Nurse in his partnership? (Crucible 129) This displays how the court believed your testimony, only if you were to mention other members.Miller uses the technique of connecting the two experiences unitedly by incorporating the approaches in which the court took to obtain valuable information. The courts actions demonstrate how unjust they were in coming to conclusions. Another way that Miller creates an allegory for hisstruggles with McCarthyism in the novel is when Hale tells Abigail, You must have no fear to tell us who they are, do you understand? We will hold dear you. (Crucible 43) This technique pressures Abigail into falsely accusing others for acts they had not committed, although she is turning the blame forth from herself.Miller relates this technique to his experience with the court in which they attempted to make him bump protected, if he would reveal his knowledge. This proves that the court did whatever they could to extract information from the suspects. The novel proves to represent an allegory for Millers struggles with the court, and the suspicion that the jury had among the suspects. He relates the Salem Witch trials to the Red Scare by stating, In both places, to keep social unity intact, the authority of leaders had to be placed and words of skepticism toward them constricted (Are You Now 32).Arthur Miller is clarifying the concomitant that as the trials continued, the more strict and severe the court became. This often caused for false accusations against innocent citizens. As the trials developed, the courts were able to establish their own conclusions stemmed from the proceedings. Miller explains how John Proctor rebelled against the courts unjust actions of jumping to conclusions in front gaining enough logical reasoning. He claims that Proctor, had become the most for thright vowelize against the madness around him (Why I Wrote 26).He relates his experience with the court to the Proctors relation with the Witch Trials because they both had stood their ground against the authority. Miller continues on to state, I sensed that I had at last found something of myself in it, (Why I Wrote 26) Miller is able to finalize his relationship with Proctor by professing how the character in the novel was an inspirational figure. Overall, this strategy of relating himself to the character of John Proctor proved to be in force(p) in the representation of Millers fight against McCarthyism.The Crucible constructs an allegory for Arthur Millers struggles with McCarthyism because of his similar experience relating to John Proctors battle against the Salem Witch Trials, and the relation between the actions of the court in both situations. Arthur Miller is able to develop an allegory from the play to his experience with several strategies. He relates the actions of the court to the way in which the court treated him. He then uses the similarity between the role Proctor played in the play, to the role he had in his struggles during the RedScare. In conclusion, Miller used many effective tactics to create a compelling allegory of his struggles against McCarthyism in the novel, The Crucible.