How McCarthyism and the fear of communism influenced Miller′s play.

Write a research paper that discusses how McCarthyism and the fear of communism influenced Miller′s play. Discuss the similarities between the Salem witch trials and the McCarthy-initiated trials of the 1950s. (The backstory of The Crucible centers on American fears during the 1950s, including communism and nuclear war. Tensions between the United States and Russia increased, so many Americans, fearing annihilation, blindly supported the criminal charges made against innocent people by Sen. Joseph McCarthy.)