Crucible Characters compared to arthur millers life??

Question

Yeah i need to know how the people in the crucible compare to people in arther millers life. Any web links to pages that can help are helpful. Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Arthur Miller was implicated in the McCarthy trials, so much of the Crucible is his reflection of the Communist witch hunts of the 1950's.

Answer 2

Agreed with the first. The crucible was meant to be a satire about the communist hysteria perpetuated during the 50s  also known as McCarthyism. So anyone accused of being a witch in the book are parallels of the people who were accused as a communist at the time. Also the group of judges that were in the trial could be synonymous to the House of Representatives' Committee of Un-American Activities. Abigail and the other people who accused and made the situation spiral out of control could be Sen. Joseph McCarthy,  who made a number of unsubstantiated accusations of people being Communist and Soviet sympathizers and spies.