influence of the crucible
mccarthyism
focus
salem witch trials
cold war
between communist east and capitalist west from 1945-1991
author
Arthur Miller
puritanism
The religion of a group of religious dissidents who came to the New World so they would have a location to establish a "purer" church than the one that existed in England
Witchcraft
the practice of magic by people supposedly in league with the devil
McCarthyism
The act of accusing people of disloyalty and communism
publication
1953
génère
allegorical tragedy
setting
1962 salem massachusetts
point of view
3rd person omniscient
allegory
representation of mccarthyism sweeping u.s during cold war
John Proctor
local farmer, affair with abigail williams, married to elizabeth
abigail williams
Reverend Parris's niece, betrayed by john proctor
reverend paris
The minister of Salem's church. he was a paranoid, power-hungry, yet oddly self-pitying figure. Many of the townsfolk disliked him, and he was very concerned with building his position in the community.
Reverend John Hale
A young minister reputed to be an expert on witchcraft, he later regrets his actions and attempts to save the lives of those accused.