Crucible

Crucible

A haunting examination of groupthink and mass hysteria in a rural community<br /> <br /> Written in 1953, The Crucible is a mirror Miller uses to reflect the anti-communist hysteria inspired by Senator Joseph McCarthy&#39;s &quot;witch-hunts&quot; in the United States. Within the text itself, Miller contemplates the parallels, writing: &quot;Political opposition...is given an inhumane overlay, which then justifies the abrogation of all normally applied customs of civilized behavior. A political policy is equated with moral right, and opposition to it with diabolical malevolence.&quot;<br />