The Crucible
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All Themes Puritanism and Individuality Hysteria The Danger of Ideology Reputation and Integrity
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All Characters John Proctor Reverend Parris Reverend Hale Elizabeth Proctor Abigail Williams Thomas Putnam Giles Corey Francis Nurse Deputy Governor Danforth
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The Crucible

by

Arthur Miller

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The Crucible

The play The Crucible is itself a symbol. Arthur Miller wrote The Crucible in the early 1950s, when intense American fears of Communism allowed Joseph McCarthy, a United States Senator from Wisconsin, to rise to… read analysis of The Crucible

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