Essay Archive - The Crucible: Characters
The Crucible: Characters
The Crucible, a play by Arthur Miller that was first produced in 1953,
is based on the true story of the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. Miller wrote the
play to parallel the situations in the mid-twentieth century of Alger Hiss,
Owen Latimore, Julius and Ethel Rosenburg, and Senator McCarthy, if only
suggestively. (Warshow 116) Some characters in the play have specific agendas
carried out by their accusations, and the fact that the play is based on
historical truth makes it even more intriguing.
The characters in this play are simple, common people. The accused are
charg....
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