society and the individual ("Readings on Arthur Miller" 145).

Individual: being a witch in the seventeenth century or being a

Communist in the 1950's. Miller states: The Crucible is involved

essentially with the social relations of human beings, and

consequently, the predominant emphasis in writing the play was on

the conflict ("Readings on Arthur Miller" 145). Although, both

situations coincide with inquisition and mass hysteria, they conflict at

the fact that Communism among Americans existed in the 1950's,

while witchcraft among seventeenth century Salem townspeople failed

In both time periods interrogation was present. As in 1692, the

inquisition of witches and wizards had its controversies, so did the

oppression on Communist party members in the 1950's ("Un-

both eras was the existence of what we can call unsubstantiated

were imprisoned if failed to be a true American. What is shown in

some ways, still, the parallel fails at one important point:

those during the Red Scare. Miller states: ...the individual is seen

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the only way to show your sincerity to the protection of the country.

Tituba's confession. To compensate, you had to confess. In other

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