crucible
In Arthur Miller¡¯s The Crucible, the Puritans in a small Massachusetts village of Salem generate hysteria which adulterates and degrades their society. ... The Crucible was written and performed in 1953, when the United States feared that Communism was threatening to take over the world and Senator Joseph McCarthy was conducting his ¡°witch hunt¡± for Communists within U. ... The Crucible was not a strict allegorical treatment of McCarthyism, but it is clearly an artistic response to the political paranoia of McCarthyism. ... The play as might as well been renamed, ¡°The Crucible of McCarthyism.