Why Arthur Miller Wrote The crucible
- During the McCarthyism era, Senator Joseph McCarthy and the House Committee on Un-American Activities were prosecuting alleged Communist from the State Department of Hollywood.
- Arthur Miller was scared he was going to be labeled as a Communist if he protested too strongly.
- Miller was questioned by the House of Representative's Committee on Un-American Activities in 1956 and was convicted of "contempt of the Congress" for refusing to identify others present at meetings he had attended.
- He went to Salem in 1952 and read transcripts.