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= **ARTHUR ASHER MILLER and the RED SCARE** =



__**What is the "Red Scare"?**__ - It is a period of time in which Americans were in fear of communism and the government blacklisted accused communists. - The Red Scare occurred in the United States in the 1950s - Arthur Miller was also accused by the __House Committee on Un-American Activities__ in 1956. (http://schools.mukilteo.wednet.edu/staff/knopftm/classes/2007_8/Class%20Activities/AP%20English%20III/A.Miller.backgrnd.htm)

- http://81.255.61.186/us/crucible/Coralie%20and%20Alix/Mc%20Carthyism.html - this website contains an essay which explains what the red scare was along with how it is related to the crucible it also has some of the laws that were passed after the we scare. It also contains bio's on some of the main characters.

The Crucible and the red scare are related because they are both contain mass hysteria where the accuser is given the most power in the situation. http://www.directessays.com/viewpaper/81720.html

Auther Miller wrote this play because he and other were accused of being communists. Senator Joseph McCarthy was afraid that Communism had taken over. People had to testify against eachother and some were asked to leave the country. <-- http://www.123helpme.com/view.asp?id=22943