CRUCIBLE AND ARTHUR MILLER NOTES CRUCIBLE DEPICTION OF
CRUCIBLE AND ARTHUR MILLER NOTES
CRUCIBLE DEPICTION OF 2 TIME PERIODS: • PURITAN SOCIETY AND SALEM WITCH TRIALS OF LATE 1600’S • AMERICAN DURING 1950’S AND Mc. CARTHYISM (RED SCARE)
CRUCIBLE EVENTS ARE OF SALEM WITCH TRIALS, BUT ARE A PARABLE FOR 1950’S
CRUCIBLE • COMMUNIST CITIZENS TARGETTED
CRUCIBLE • COMMUNIST CITIZENS TARGETTED • JOSEPH MCCARTHY: PUBLICLY CHARGED THAT 205 COMMUNISTS INFILTRATED U. S. STATE DEPARTMENT (UNABLE TO NAME ANY)
CRUCIBLE • COMMUNIST CITIZENS TARGETTED • JOSEPH MCCARTHY (SEN. FROM WISCONSIN): PUBLICLY CHARGED THAT 205 COMMUNISTS INFILTRATED U. S. STATE DEPARTMENT (UNABLE TO NAME ANY) • GAINED INCREASING POPULAR SUPPORT
CRUCIBLE • COMMUNIST CITIZENS TARGETTED • JOSEPH MCCARTHY: PUBLICLY CHARGED THAT 205 COMMUNISTS INFILTRATED U. S. STATE DEPARTMENT (UNABLE TO NAME ANY) • GANED INCREASING POPULAR SUPPORT • CONTINUOUSLY PROMOTED SUSPICIONS OF COMMUNISM IN MANY PLACES, ESPECIALLY ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY
CRUCIBLE • HUAC (House Un-American Activities Committee) INVESTIGATED HOLLYWOOD
CRUCIBLE • HUAC (House Un-American Activities Committee) INVESTIGATED HOLLYWOOD • “HOLLYWOOD TEN” REUSED TO TESTIFY AND WERE SENTECED UP TO A YEAR IN PRISON
CRUCIBLE • HUAC (House Un-American Activities Committee) INVESTIGATED HOLLYWOOD • “HOLLYWOOD TEN” REFUSED TO TESTIFY AND WERE SENTECED UP TO A YEAR IN PRISON • 300+ OTHERS BLACKLISTED FOR POSSIBLE COMMUNIST VIEWS: FORBIDDEN TO WORK FOR MAJOR HOLLYWOOD STUDIOS (INCLUDING MILLER)
ARTHUR MILLER • FAMOUS AMERICAN PLAYWRIGHT OF TWENTIETH CENTURY • BORN 1915 IN NYC: – CHILDHOOD DURING DEPRESSION (SHAPED BY THAT POVERTY) ATTENDED UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
ARTHUR MILLER FAMOUS WORKS: • ALL MY SONS • DEATH OF A SALESMAN • THE CRUCIBLE
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