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During this period, panic ensued across the country as people were falsely accused of associating with communists putting at risk the reputation and lives of numerous people. Joseph McCarthy, a U.S senator, was in charge of the committee that sought to find communists in the country, giving rise to the term McCarthyism. Written in 1953, The Crucible explored a more recent witch hunt in the 1950s, where individuals accused of supporting and sympathizing with communism were hunted and jailed. The play was influenced by the historical event of the Salem witch hunts in 1862 that involved innocent men and women falsely accused of witchcraft and hanged.

Miller efficiently illustrates how blindly following religion can result in preconceived ideas about other people’s values leading to false accusations. Hale admits the courts are a lie.Arthur Miller’s The Crucible is a dramatized and fictionalized story that explores inconsistencies in religions and social norms.

They are hoping he will confess after seeing his pregnant wife Elizabeth is called in to talk to John.

Hale is surprised there hasn’t already been a rebellion (orphans and cows wander the streets, crops are going to waste and not being harvested, people are fearful of being the next one accused of witchcraft) He has already killed 12 people and he feels if he lets these seven go, that he has already sentenced to death, it will look like he was wrong in killing the other 12 and will make a mockery of the court.Judge Danforth refuses to grant a pardon or postponement because he does not want to admit he may have made a mistake.Judge Danforth wants to make the courts and himself look good by getting a respected community member to confess.Parris is hoping to avoid a rebellion and therefore protect himself He also received a death threat (dagger on his door).The people who are scheduled to hang now are respected people in the colony.He thinks there might be a rebellion (rumors of rebellion in Andover make him anxious).Abigail and Mercy Lewis have run off and stole 31 pounds of Rev.Hale wants them to confess to save their lives

Hale has been going around trying to talk the prisoners into to confessing.In the jail, Sarah Good and Tituba appear to be going crazy they are talking about how the devil is coming to rescue them.