The Crucible | Overview

Background
Arthur Miller’s writing spans a large block of twentieth-century American history. He was certainly influenced by the effects of the Great Depression which uprooted his family when he was in his early teens. Anyone who lived through the deprivation and despair of the Depression could not help but be touched by it. Much of that despair is evident in Death of a Salesman, as the protagonist struggles to make ends meet.

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