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The Crucible

byArthur Miller

Who is this book for? Readers interested in historical dramas, social commentary, and classic literature.

Topics Salem witch trialsMccarthyismAllegoryPuritan societyMass hysteriaPolitical persecutionHistorical allegoryReligious extremismSocial injusticePower dynamicsPowerFreedomSurvivalBetrayalJustice
MoodSuspenseful, Dark
ViolenceModerate
Arthur Miller's classic parable of mass hysteria draws a chilling parallel between the Salem witch-hunt of 1692 - 'one of the strangest and most awful chapters in human history' - and the American anti-communist purges led by Senator McCarthy in the 1950s. The story of how the small community of Salem is stirred into madness by superstition, paranoia and malice, culminating in a violent climax, is a savage attack on the evils of mindless persecution and the terrifying power of false accusations. A depiction of innocent men and women destroyed by malicious rumour, The Crucible is also a powerful indictment of McCarthyism and the 'frontier mentality' of Cold War America.

Language

en

Published on

01/01/2011

Pages

128

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9780141182551

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