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The Crucible | Historical Context
Miller warns in the preface to The Crucible that "this play is not history," but it is certainly dependent on historical events for its story. It will be necessary in this section to deal with two periods of history: first, the time of the Salem witch trials; second, the time of McCarthyism in the 1950s when Miller was writing.
Marion Starkey's 1949 book, The Witch Trials in Massachusetts first generated interest in the events that took place in Salem, Massachusetts, in the seventeenth century. Those accused of witchcraft were hounded by representatives of their...
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The Crucible: Summary and Analysis
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