1. CRUCIBLE A GREAT OR SEVERE TEST

2. THE CRUCIBLE : 1692 CAUSES FOR THE CLIMATE OF FEAR: §PURITANS ANXIOUS ABOUT RELIGION §LAND PROBLEMS §SMALLPOX EPIDEMIC §INDIAN RAIDS §SPLIT OF SALEM INTO 2 VILLAGES

3. ALLEGORY §STORY THAT OPERATES ON 2 LEVELS OF MEANING §PERSON AND OBJECTS REPRESENT MEANINGS OUTSIDE THE STORY §Literal level and symbolic level §SALEM WITCH TRIALS =ALLEGORY FOR THE MCCARTHY ERA.

4. MCCARTHY ERA: 1950s §FEAR OF COMMUNISM AND RUSSIA §PRESIDENT TRUMAN ISSUED EDICT §HOUSE UN-AMERICAN ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE LED BY SENATOR JOSEPH MCCARTHY §SUSPECTED COMMUNISTS BLACK- LISTED, FIRED, AND ISOLATED

5. Arthur Miller §Called before the House un-American Activities Committee §Refused to identify others involved in Communism: Charged with contempt of court §Passport rejected but the charge was later overturned §Married Marilyn Monroe

6. Marilyn Monroe

7. THEME §MORAL CHOICES PEOPLE MUST MAKE UNDER IRRATIONAL COMMUNITY PRESSURES