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1 CRUCIBLE AND ARTHUR MILLER NOTES

2 CRUCIBLE DEPICTION OF 2 TIME PERIODS:
PURITAN SOCIETY AND SALEM WITCH TRIALS OF LATE 1600’S AMERICAN DURING 1950’S AND McCARTHYISM (RED SCARE)

3 CRUCIBLE EVENTS ARE OF SALEM WITCH TRIALS, BUT ARE A PARABLE FOR 1950’S

4 CRUCIBLE COMMUNIST CITIZENS TARGETTED

5 CRUCIBLE COMMUNIST CITIZENS TARGETTED
JOSEPH MCCARTHY: PUBLICLY CHARGED THAT 205 COMMUNISTS INFILTRATED U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT (UNABLE TO NAME ANY)

6 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

7 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

8 CRUCIBLE HUAC (House Un-American Activities Committee) INVESTIGATED HOLLYWOOD

9 CRUCIBLE HUAC (House Un-American Activities Committee) INVESTIGATED HOLLYWOOD “HOLLYWOOD TEN” REUSED TO TESTIFY AND WERE SENTECED UP TO A YEAR IN PRISON

10 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)

11 ARTHUR MILLER FAMOUS AMERICAN PLAYWRIGHT OF TWENTIETH CENTURY
BORN 1915 IN NYC: CHILDHOOD DURING DEPRESSION (SHAPED BY THAT POVERTY) ATTENDED UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

12 ARTHUR MILLER FAMOUS WORKS: ALL MY SONS DEATH OF A SALESMAN
THE CRUCIBLE

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